* Astronomy

NGC 7052 (also MCG 4-50-6, UGC 11718 and PGC 66537) is a magnitude +13.4 elliptical galaxy located 215 million light-years away in the constellation Vulpecula.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire on the 10th September 1784.

Right Ascension 21h 18m 33.0s, Declination +26° 26' 49"

The galaxy harbours a supermassive black hole with mass 370_{-150}^{+260} million solar masses in its nucleus.
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