NGC 7095 is a
barred spiral galaxy
A barred spiral galaxy is a spiral galaxy with a central bar-shaped structure composed of stars. Bars are found in about two thirds of all spiral galaxies, and generally affect both the motions of stars and interstellar gas within spiral galaxies ...
located about 115 million
light-years away in the
constellation of
Octans
Octans () is a faint constellation located in the deep Southern Sky. Its name is Latin for the eighth part of a circle, but it is named after the octant, a navigational instrument. Devised by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752 ...
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NGC 7095 was discovered by astronomer
John Herschel on September 21, 1837.
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Barred spiral galaxies
Octans
7095
67546
Astronomical objects discovered in 1837
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