From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 7332
legacy surveys image of NGC 7332 (right) and NGC 7339 (left)
Observation data ( J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension22h 37m 24.5s [1]
Declination+23° 47′ 54″ [1]
Redshift0.003909 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity1197 ± 5 km/s [1]
Distance67.1 ± 11 M ly
(20.6 ± 3.4 M pc) [2]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.0 [1]
Characteristics
TypeS0 pec edge-on [1]
lenticular galaxy [3]
Apparent size (V)4.1' × 1.1' [1]
Other designations
UGC 12115, MCG +04-53-008, PGC 69342 [4]

NGC 7332 is an edge-on peculiar lenticular galaxy [1] [3] located about 67 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. [2] It possesses a (peanut shell)-shaped bulge, associated with stellar bar. [5] It was discovered on September 19, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel. [6]

NGC 7332 and NGC 7339 form a dynamically isolated binary system (number 570 in the catalog of double galaxies compiled by Igor Karachentsev), [3] and are likely orbiting each other. [3] NGC 7332 is the brighter of the two galaxies. [3]

In the sky NGC 7339 lies 5' away from NGC 7332. [7] NGC 7332 is an unusually blue object with a corrected apparent B-magnitude of 11.5. [7] A 130mm to 200mm telescope will be needed to visually detect this pair of galaxies. [8] The two galaxies will appear at almost a right angle to one another.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7332. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
  2. ^ a b "Distance Results for NGC 7332". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
  3. ^ a b c d e "NGC7332/7339". National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
  4. ^ "NGC 7332". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  5. ^ Bogdan C. Ciambur; Alister W. Graham (2016), Quantifying the (X/peanut)-shaped structure in edge-on disc galaxies: length, strength, and nested peanuts
  6. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 7300 - 7349". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  7. ^ a b Fisher, David; Illingworth, Garth; Franx, Marijn (1994). "The dynamics and structure of the S0 galaxy NGC 7332". Astronomical Journal. 107 (1): 160–172. Bibcode: 1994AJ....107..160F. doi: 10.1086/116841.
  8. ^ "Re: NGC 7332 and NGC 7339". Cloudy Nights Forum Archives (Deep Sky Observing). 2005-08-27. Retrieved 2010-07-12.

External links