NGC 7052

NGC 7052
An image of NGC 7052
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Vulpecula
Right ascension	21^h 18^m 33^s[1]
Declination	+26° 26′ 49″[1]
Redshift	4672 ± 8 km/s[1]
Type	E[1]
Apparent dimensions (V)	2′.5 × 1′.4[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.4[1]
Other designations
UGC 11718,[1] PGC 66537[1]

NGC 7052 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Vulpecula. The galaxy harbours a supermassive black hole with mass $370_{-150}^{+260}$ million solar masses in its nucleus.^[2]

A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the center of NGC 7052. Credit: HST/NASA/ESA.

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7052. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
2. van der Marel, R.P. & van den Bosch, F.C. (1998). "Evidence for a 3 x 10⁸ M_⊙ Black Hole in NGC 7052 from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Nuclear Gas Disk". Astronomical Journal 116: 2220. arXiv:astro-ph/9804194. Bibcode:1998AJ....116.2220V. doi:10.1086/300593.