NGC 7

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Sculptor}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 7

| image = File:NGC7 ESO KIDS.jpg

| caption = ESO KIDS image of NGC 7

| credit =

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Sculptor

| ra = {{RA|00|08|20.3}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 7|accessdate=2021-02-02}}

| dec = {{DEC|-29|55|01}}

| z = 0.004987{{cite web

|title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

|work=Results for NGC 0007

|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+7&img_stamp=yes&extend=no

|access-date=2010-05-03}}

| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|1495 ± 2 km/s}}

| dist_ly = 71.4 ± 5.2 Mly
{{nowrap|(21.9 ± 1.6 Mpc)}}{{cite web

|title=Distance Results for NGC 0007

|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+0007

|access-date=2010-05-03}}

| type = SBc{{cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%207|title=Search specification: NGC 7|work=HyperLeda|publisher=Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1|accessdate=2021-02-02}}

| appmag_v = 13.5

| size_v = 2.2{{prime}} × 0.5{{prime}}

| notes =

| names = MCG-05-01-037, ESO 409-G022, AM 0005-301, PGC 627, h 4014, GC 2{{cite web |url=http://www.ngcic.org/dss/dss_n0001.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070926235842/http://www.ngcic.org/dss/dss_n0001.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 September 2007 |title=DSS Images for NGC 000 thru NGC 099 |access-date=25 November 2008 |work=NGC/IC Project |publisher=Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. }}

|absmag_v=−17.83{{Cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC7|title = The galaxy NGC 7}}}}

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. 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.