NGC 7320
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.
Image gallery
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NGC 7320 imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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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