NGC 7002

NGC 7002 is a large elliptical galaxy,^[2] and a radio galaxy,^[3] around 320 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Indus.^[4][2] The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel on September 30, 1834.^[5] NGC 7002 is the brightest member of a group of galaxies^[6] known as [T2015] nest 200093.^[7] The group contains 12 member galaxies including NGC 7004, has a velocity dispersion of 440 km/s and an estimated mass of 1.28 × 10¹⁴ M_☉.^[6] NGC 7002 is also host to a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 2.7 × 10⁹ M_☉.^[8]

NGC 7002
NGC 7002 (top) and NGC 7004 (bottom) with legacy survey
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Indus
Right ascension	21h 03m 44.8s[1]
Declination	−49° 01′ 47″[1]
Redshift	0.024520[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	7351 km/s[1]
Distance	319 Mly (97.9 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.46[1]
Absolute magnitude (B)	-23.35 ± 0.58 [1]
Characteristics
Type	E1 pec[1]
Size	~175,000 ly (53.66 kpc) (estimated)
Apparent size (V)	1.5 × 1.2[1]
Other designations
ESO 235-43, PGC 66009[1]

See also

• IC 1101, A massive elliptical galaxy which is also one of the largest known galaxies.
• M87, A large and famous large elliptical galaxy about 50 mly in the constellation Virgo.
• List of NGC objects (7001–7840)