NGC 7320 | |
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NGC 7320 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) | |
Constellation | Pegasus |
Right ascension | 22 36 03.4 |
Declination | +33° 56′ 53″ |
Redshift | 786 ± 20 km/s |
Distance | 39 million ly (12 Mpc) |
Apparent magnitude (V) | +13.2 |
Characteristics | |
Type | SA(s)d |
Apparent size (V) | 2.2′ × 1.2′ |
Notable features | Foreground projection on Stephan's Quintet |
Other designations | |
UGC 12101, PGC 69270, Arp 319, HCG 092A |
NGC 7320 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered on 27 September 1873 by French astronomer Édouard Stephan.
NGC 7320 is a member of Stephan's Quintet, however, it is not an actual member of the galaxy group, but a much closer line-of-sight galaxy at a distance of about 40 million light years, the same as the nearby NGC 7331. Other galaxies of Stephan's Quintet are some 300 million light-years distant.
NGC 7320 has extensive H II regions, identified as red blobs, where active star formation is occurring.
The galaxy was imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope as part of Stephan's Quintet; the picture was released on 12 July 2022.
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See also
References
- ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7320. Retrieved 2006-10-21.
- Moles, M.; Marquez, I.; Sulentic, J. W. (1998). "The observational status of Stephan's Quintet". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 334: 473–481. arXiv:astro-ph/9802328. Bibcode:1998A&A...334..473M.
- Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 7320". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
External links
- Media related to NGC 7320 at Wikimedia Commons
- NGC 7320 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
- https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2022/news-2022-034
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