NGC 7070A

NGC 7070A
2MASS image of NGC 7070A.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Grus
Right ascension	21h 31m 47.3s [1]
Declination	−42° 50′ 52″[1]
Redshift	0.007976/2391 km/s[1]
Distance	31.9 Mpc (104 Mly) (estimated)
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.32[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0+pec[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.9 x 1.5[1]
Notable features	Strong dust lane
Other designations
ESO 287-34, AM 2128-34, MCG -7-44-21, PGC 66909[1]

NGC 7070A is a face-on lenticular galaxy located about 100 million light-years away^[2] in the constellation of Grus.^[3][4]

NGC 7070A has a companion, the spiral galaxy NGC 7070 which are separated from each other at a projected distance of about 640,000 ly (195 kpc).^[2] It has dust lanes which cross it and incomplete shells surrounding it. Also, there are faint luminous tails extending from the galaxy towards NGC 7070. It is theorized that these features may have formed due to the accretion of a smaller disk galaxy about a billion years ago which got disrupted by NGC 7070A.^[5]

NGC 7070A is member of a group of galaxies known as the NGC 7079 Group.^[6]

XMM-Newton observations of NGC 7070A show that the galaxy hosts moderate AGN activity.^[2]

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