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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Microscopium
Right ascension
21 24 58.7
Declination
−42 ° 27 ′ 38 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
5,385 km/s
Distance
230.1 Mly
Type
E
Apparent size v
1.4 x 1.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 7057 is an elliptical galaxy located about 230 million light-years away in the constellation of Microscopium. NGC 7057 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on September 2, 1836.

Group membership

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q665988” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.