NGC 7029

NGC 7029 is an elliptical galaxy located about 120 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Indus.^[2][3] NGC 7029 has an estimated diameter of 129,000 light-years.^[3] It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on October 10, 1834.^[4] It is in a pair of galaxies with NGC 7022.^[5]

NGC 7029
The elliptical galaxy NGC 7029.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Indus
Right ascension	21h 11m 52.0s[1]
Declination	−49° 17′ 01″[1]
Redshift	0.009470[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	2,839 km/s[1]
Distance	118.7 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.35[1]
Characteristics
Type	E6[1]
Size	~128,979.48 ly [1]
Apparent size (V)	2.6 x 1.4[1]
Other designations
ESO 235-72, AM 2112-483, PGC 66318 [1]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 7029: SN 2023qov (type Ia, mag. 17.5).^[6]

Group Membership

NGC 7029 is part of the Indus Triplet of galaxies which contains the galaxies NGC 7041 and NGC 7049.^[7]

See also

• List of NGC objects (7001–7840)
• NGC 7002