NGC 7001, the Glossary
NGC 7001 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located about 300 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius.[1]
Table of Contents
11 relations: Aquarius (constellation), Black Eye Galaxy, Constellation, Epoch (astronomy), Intermediate spiral galaxy, John Herschel, Light-year, List of NGC objects, List of NGC objects (7001–7840), New General Catalogue, NGC 2.
- Astronomical objects discovered in 1827
Aquarius (constellation)
Aquarius is an equatorial constellation of the zodiac, between Capricornus and Pisces.
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Black Eye Galaxy
The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away in the mildly northern constellation of Coma Berenices. NGC 7001 and Black Eye Galaxy are NGC objects.
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Constellation
A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object.
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Epoch (astronomy)
In astronomy, an epoch or reference epoch is a moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity.
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An intermediate spiral galaxy is a galaxy that is in between the classifications of a barred spiral galaxy and an unbarred spiral galaxy. NGC 7001 and intermediate spiral galaxy are intermediate spiral galaxies and spiral galaxy stubs.
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John Herschel
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet (7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and experimental photographer who invented the blueprint and did botanical work.
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Light-year
A light-year, alternatively spelled light year (ly or lyr), is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and is equal to exactly 9,460,730,472,580.8 km (Scientific notation: 9.4607304725808 × 1012 km), which is approximately 5.88 trillion mi.
List of NGC objects
The following is a list of NGC objects, that is objects listed in the New General Catalogue (NGC). NGC 7001 and list of NGC objects are NGC objects.
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List of NGC objects (7001–7840)
This is a list of NGC objects 7001–7840 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). NGC 7001 and list of NGC objects (7001–7840) are NGC objects.
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New General Catalogue
The New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. NGC 7001 and New General Catalogue are NGC objects.
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NGC 2
NGC 2 is an intermediate spiral galaxy with the morphological type of Sab, located in the constellation of Pegasus. NGC 7001 and NGC 2 are NGC objects and UGC objects.
See also
Astronomical objects discovered in 1827
- NGC 1981
- NGC 287
- NGC 3841
- NGC 3851
- NGC 3861
- NGC 43
- NGC 431
- NGC 452
- NGC 483
- NGC 494
- NGC 504
- NGC 5098
- NGC 512
- NGC 7001
- NGC 7051