Astronomy:NGC 7034

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Pegasus
NGC 7034
NGC 7033 NGC 7034 legacy dr10.jpg
legacy surveys image of NGC 7034 (top) and NGC 7033 (bottom).
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPegasus
Right ascension 21h 09m 38.2s[1]
Declination15° 09′ 02″[1]
Redshift0.029734 ± 0.000100[1]
Helio radial velocity8914 ± 30 km/s[1]
Galactocentric velocity9109 ± 31 km/s[1]
Distance117.8 ± 8.3 Mpc (384 ± 27 Mly) h−10.73[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)14.81[1]
Characteristics
TypeE3[1]
Apparent size (V)1.0' × 0.7'[1]
Other designations
CGCG 426-7, KCPG 554B, MCG 2-54-3, NPM1G +14.0508, PGC 66227, UGC 11687 [1]

NGC 7034 is an elliptical galaxy located about 380 million light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus.[2][3] It is part of a pair of galaxies that contains the nearby galaxy NGC 7033.[4] NGC 7034 was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on September 17, 1863.[5]

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