NGC7171 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Aquarius. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2388 ± 24 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 35.22 ± 2.49Mpc (~115 million light-years). It was discovered by German–British astronomer William Herschel on 12 August 1787.
According to the SIMBAD database, NGC7171 is an active Seyfert II galaxy.
One supernova has been observed in NGC7171: SN2023yoo (TypeIa, mag.17.339) was discovered by ATLAS on 28 November 2023.
See also List of NGC objects (7001–7840)
References
External links