NGC 7320
E297016
NGC 7320 is a foreground spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus that appears as part of Stephan’s Quintet but is actually much closer to Earth than the other members.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 7320 canonical | 7 |
| NGC 7320 (foreground galaxy of the visual quintet) | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
foreground galaxy
ⓘ
spiral galaxy ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | ≈ 13.2 ⓘ |
| apparentSize | ≈ 2.2 × 1.1 arcminutes ⓘ |
| belongsToClusterOrGroup | Local Supercluster vicinity ⓘ |
| catalog | NGC ⓘ |
| constellation | Pegasus ⓘ |
| declination | +33° 56′ 54″ (J2000) ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Édouard Stephan ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1877 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
≈ 12 Mpc
ⓘ
≈ 40 million light-years ⓘ |
| hasHIIRegions | yes ⓘ |
| hasSpiralArms | yes ⓘ |
| isForegroundTo |
Stephan's Quintet
ⓘ
surface form:
Stephan's Quintet main group
|
| locatedIn | Northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Stephan's Quintet
ⓘ
surface form:
Stephan's Quintet (apparent)
|
| morphologicalType | SA(s)d ⓘ |
| muchCloserThan |
NGC 7317
ⓘ
NGC 7318B ⓘ
surface form:
NGC 7318A
NGC 7318B ⓘ NGC 7319 ⓘ |
| observedIn |
optical wavelengths
ⓘ
radio wavelengths ⓘ |
| otherDesignation |
PGC 69279
ⓘ
UGC 12160 ⓘ VV 288a ⓘ |
| partOf |
Stephan's Quintet
ⓘ
surface form:
sky field of Stephan's Quintet
|
| radialVelocity | ≈ 790 km/s ⓘ |
| redshift | z ≈ 0.0027 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 22h 36m 03s (J2000) ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
NGC 7318B
this entity surface form:
NGC 7320 (foreground galaxy of the visual quintet)