NGC 7600

NGC 7600 is an elliptical galaxy about 160 million light-years in the constellation Aquarius classified as a "shell galaxy", or, more formally, an S0 galaxy.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Nemiroff, R.; Bonnell, J., eds. (2011-12-23). "Shell Galaxy NGC 7600". Astronomy Picture of the Day. NASA. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  2. Turnbull, A. J.; Bridges, T. J.; Carter, D. (1999). "Imaging of the shell galaxies NGC 474 and 7600, and implications for their formation". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 307 (4): 967–976. arXiv:astro-ph/9905041Freely accessible. Bibcode:1999MNRAS.307..967T. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02724.x.
  3. NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE. "NED results for object NGC 7600". Retrieved March 24, 2012.

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