NGC 7051

{{short description|Galaxy in the constellation Aquarius}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 7051

| image = File:2NGC 7051 legacy dr10.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = The barred spiral galaxy NGC 7051, imaged by legacy surveys. The wispy clouds around this galaxy are foreground dust clouds in the Milky Way.

| epoch = J2000

| type = SB(r)a pec {{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 7051

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

| access-date=2017-07-01}}

| ra = {{RA|21|19|51.3}}

| dec = {{DEC|-08|46|59}}

| dist_ly = 98.4 Mly

| z = 0.008402

| h_radial_v = 2,519 km/s

| appmag_v = 12.9

| size_v = 1.3 x 1.1

| constellation name = Aquarius

| names = IRAS 21171-0859, MCG -2-54-4, PGC 66566

}}

NGC 7051 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 100 million light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius.{{Cite web|url=https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/8241/ngc-7051/galaxy|title=Galaxy NGC 7051 - Galaxy in Aquarius Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser|last=Rojas|first=Sebastián García|website=DSO Browser|language=en|access-date=2017-07-01|archive-date=2017-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015150039/https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/8241/ngc-7051/galaxy|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC%207051&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA%20or%20Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=NED results for object NGC 7051|access-date=2017-07-01}} It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on July 30, 1827.{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc70a.htm#7051|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7050 - 7099|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-01}}

On June 18, 2002 a type II supernova designated as SN 2002dq was discovered in NGC 7051.{{Cite web|url=http://rochesterastronomy.org/sn2002/index.html#2002dq|title=Bright Supernovae - 2002.|website=rochesterastronomy.org|access-date=2017-07-01}}