NGC 7600 is a galaxy about 160 million light-years from Earth, located in the constellation Aquarius. It is classified as a lenticular galaxy, or, more formally, an S0 galaxy.[2][3][4]
| NGC 7600 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 7600 (legacy surveys) | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
| Right ascension | 23h 18m 53.8s[1] |
| Declination | −07° 34′ 50″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.011618[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.95[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.5' × 1.1'[1] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -01-59-019, 2MASX J23185385-0734495, 6dF J2318539-073450, PGC 71029[1] | |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7600. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ Nemiroff, R.; Bonnell, J., eds. (2011-12-23). "Shell Galaxy NGC 7600". Astronomy Picture of the Day. NASA. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
- ^ Turnbull, A. J.; Bridges, T. J.; Carter, D. (1999). "Imaging of the shell galaxies NGC 474 and 7600, and implications for their formation". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 307 (4): 967–976. arXiv:astro-ph/9905041. Bibcode:1999MNRAS.307..967T. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02724.x. S2CID 14214650.
- ^ NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE. "NED results for object NGC 7600". Retrieved March 24, 2012.
External links
edit- Media related to NGC 7600 at Wikimedia Commons
- Preprint version of 1999MNRAS.307..967T with images of shell galaxies NGC 474 and NGC 7600
- The formation of shell galaxies similar to NGC 7600 in the cold dark matter cosmogony
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