NGC 7016

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

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 7016

| image =File:NGC 7016 PanS.jpg

| caption = The Elliptical galaxy NGC 7016.

| epoch = J2000

| type =E0{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 7016

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2017-05-27}}

| ra = {{RA|21|07|16.3}}

| dec = {{DEC|-25|28|08}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|147|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| z =0.036845

| h_radial_v = 11,046 km/s

| appmag_v =14.85

|absmag_b=-22.97 ± 0.14

| size_v =1.8 x 1.8

| constellation name = Capricornus

| names = ESO 529-25, AM 2104-254, MCG -4-49-13, PRC C-58 PGC 66136

|size=~{{convert|48.26|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)}}

NGC 7016 is an elliptical galaxy located about 480 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Capricornus.{{Cite web|url=https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/8203/ngc-7016/galaxy|title=Galaxy NGC 7016 · Deep Sky Objects Browser|last=Rojas|first=Sebastián García|website=DSO Browser|language=en|access-date=2017-05-28}}{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+7016&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-05-28}} NGC 7016's calculated velocity is 11,046 km/s. The galaxy has an estimated diameter of about 160 thousand light years and was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth on July 8, 1885.{{Cite web |title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 - 7049 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc70.htm#7016 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=cseligman.com}} It is also host to a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 1.4 × 10⁹ M_☉.{{Cite journal |last1=Arzoumanian |first1=Zaven |last2=Baker |first2=Paul T. |last3=Brazier |first3=Adam |last4=Brook |first4=Paul R. |last5=Burke-Spolaor |first5=Sarah |last6=Becsy |first6=Bence |last7=Charisi |first7=Maria |last8=Chatterjee |first8=Shami |last9=Cordes |first9=James M. |last10=Cornish |first10=Neil J. |last11=Crawford |first11=Fronefield |last12=Cromartie |first12=H. Thankful |last13=Decesar |first13=Megan E. |last14=Demorest |first14=Paul B. |last15=Dolch |first15=Timothy |date=2021-06-01 |title=The NANOGrav 11 yr Data Set: Limits on Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Galaxies within 500 Mpc |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=914 |issue=2 |pages=121 |arxiv=2101.02716 |bibcode=2021ApJ...914..121A |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/abfcd3 |issn=0004-637X |doi-access=free}}