NGC 7
ESO KIDS image of NGC 7
Observation data (J2000 epoch )
Constellation	Sculptor
Right ascension	00 h 08 m 20.3 s [1]
Declination	?29° 55′ 01″ [1]
Redshift	0.004987 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1495 ± 2 km/s [2]
Distance	71.4 ± 5.2 M ly (21.9 ± 1.6 M pc ) [3]
Apparent magnitude   (V)	13.5 [2]
Absolute magnitude   (V)	−17.83 [4]
Characteristics
Type	SBc [5]
Apparent size   (V)	2.2 ′ × 0.5 ′ [2]
Other designations
MCG-05-01-037, ESO 409-G022, AM 0005-301, PGC 627, h 4014, GC 2 [6]

NGC 7 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Sculptor constellation. It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel in 1834, who was using an 18.7 inch reflector telescope at the time. ^[6] Astronomer Steve Gottlieb described the galaxy as faint, albeit large, and edge-on from the perspective of the Milky Way; he also noted how the galaxy could only be observed clearly with peripheral vision, not by looking directly at it. ^[6]

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