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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
NGC 7318A 13
NGC 7318B canonical 11
NGC 7318 2

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.

Hickson Compact Group 92 containsGalaxy NGC 7318B
this entity surface form: NGC 7318A
HCG 92 containsGalaxy NGC 7318B
this entity surface form: NGC 7318A
HCG 92 containsGalaxy NGC 7318B
NGC 7317 is an elliptical galaxy isInteractingWith NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7317
this entity surface form: NGC 7318A
NGC 7317 is an elliptical galaxy isInteractingWith NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7317
NGC 7318A is an elliptical galaxy isComponentOf NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7318A
this entity surface form: NGC 7318
NGC 7318A is an elliptical galaxy isAlsoKnownAsComponent NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7318A
this entity surface form: NGC 7318 North
NGC 7318A is an elliptical galaxy hasInteractionWith NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7318A
NGC 7318A is an elliptical galaxy hasCatalogDesignation NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7318A
this entity surface form: NGC 7318A
NGC 7318B is a spiral galaxy interactsWith NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7318B
this entity surface form: NGC 7318A
NGC 7318B is a spiral galaxy catalogCode NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7318B
NGC 7318B is a spiral galaxy isComponentOf NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7318B
this entity surface form: NGC 7318 (pair of galaxies)
NGC 7318B is a spiral galaxy isDifferentFrom NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7318B
this entity surface form: NGC 7318A
NGC 7318B is a spiral galaxy isPartOfSystemWith NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7318B
this entity surface form: NGC 7318A
NGC 7319 is a barred spiral galaxy interactsGravitationallyWith NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7319
this entity surface form: NGC 7318A
NGC 7319 is a barred spiral galaxy interactsGravitationallyWith NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7319
NGC 7320 is a spiral galaxy isForegroundTo NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7320
this entity surface form: NGC 7318A
NGC 7320 is a spiral galaxy isForegroundTo NGC 7318B
subject surface form: NGC 7320
NGC 7317 isNeighborGalaxyOf NGC 7318B
this entity surface form: NGC 7318A
NGC 7317 isNeighborGalaxyOf NGC 7318B
NGC 7319 isInteractingWith NGC 7318B
this entity surface form: NGC 7318A
NGC 7319 isInteractingWith NGC 7318B
NGC 7320 muchCloserThan NGC 7318B
this entity surface form: NGC 7318A
NGC 7320 muchCloserThan NGC 7318B
NGC 7318B isComponentOf NGC 7318B self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: NGC 7318
NGC 7318B interactsWith NGC 7318B self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: NGC 7318A