NGC 7318B
E297017
NGC 7318B is a galaxy in the compact group Stephan's Quintet, notable for its high-speed collision with neighboring galaxies that triggers intense shock waves and star formation.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 7318A | 13 |
| NGC 7318B canonical | 11 |
| NGC 7318 | 2 |
| NGC 7318 (pair of galaxies) | 1 |
| NGC 7318 North | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
galaxy
ⓘ
interacting galaxy ⓘ spiral galaxy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
radio continuum emission from shock front
ⓘ
strong X-ray emission in Stephan's Quintet ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
Hickson Compact Group catalogue
ⓘ
New General Catalogue ⓘ Principal Galaxies Catalogue ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Édouard Stephan ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1877 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
NGC 7319
ⓘ
surface form:
Arp 319B
HCG 92 ⓘ
surface form:
HCG 92B
PGC 69279 ⓘ VV 288b ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitudeV | ~14.6 ⓘ |
| hasDeclination | +33° 57′ (approximate, J2000) ⓘ |
| hasDistanceFromEarth |
~270 million light-years
ⓘ
~82 megaparsecs ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | compact galaxy group ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
compressed gas in leading edge
ⓘ
distorted spiral arms ⓘ tidal tails ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
SA(s)bc pec (approximate)
ⓘ
disturbed spiral ⓘ |
| hasRadialVelocity | ~5770 km/s ⓘ |
| hasRedshift | ~0.022 ⓘ |
| hasRightAscension | 22h 35m (approximate, J2000) ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
NGC 7317
ⓘ
NGC 7318B self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
NGC 7318A
NGC 7319 ⓘ NGC 7320C ⓘ |
| isComponentOf |
NGC 7318B
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
NGC 7318
|
| isForegroundOrBackgroundRelativeTo |
NGC 7320
ⓘ
surface form:
NGC 7320 (foreground galaxy of the visual quintet)
|
| isInHighSpeedCollisionWith | intragroup medium of Stephan's Quintet ⓘ |
| isNotableFor |
driving a prominent intergalactic shock front in Stephan's Quintet
ⓘ
high-speed collision with neighboring galaxies ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Stephan's Quintet
ⓘ
surface form:
Stephan's Quintet shock region
|
| locatedInConstellation | Pegasus ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Stephan's Quintet
ⓘ
Stephan's Quintet ⓘ
surface form:
Stephan's Quintet compact galaxy group
|
| observedBy |
Chandra X-ray Observatory
ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ James Webb Space Telescope ⓘ Spitzer Space Telescope ⓘ |
| partOf | Hickson Compact Group 92 ⓘ |
| produces | large-scale shock waves in intragroup gas ⓘ |
| triggers | intense star formation in Stephan's Quintet ⓘ |
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318A
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318A
subject surface form:
NGC 7317
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318A
subject surface form:
NGC 7317
subject surface form:
NGC 7318A
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318
subject surface form:
NGC 7318A
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318 North
subject surface form:
NGC 7318A
subject surface form:
NGC 7318A
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318A
subject surface form:
NGC 7318B
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318A
subject surface form:
NGC 7318B
subject surface form:
NGC 7318B
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318 (pair of galaxies)
subject surface form:
NGC 7318B
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318A
subject surface form:
NGC 7318B
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318A
subject surface form:
NGC 7319
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318A
subject surface form:
NGC 7319
subject surface form:
NGC 7320
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318A
subject surface form:
NGC 7320
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318A
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318A
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318A
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318
this entity surface form:
NGC 7318A