NGC 7250

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NGC 7250
J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLacerta[1]
Right ascension22h 18m 17.776s[2]
Declination+40° 33′ 44.66″[2]
Redshift0.0039[3]
Heliocentric radial velocity1,168 km/s[3]
Distance49.99 ± 14.37 Mly (15.328 ± 4.407 Mpc)[4]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.58[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.22[3]
Characteristics
TypeIrr
Mass4.7×108[5] M
Other designations
PGC 68535, UGC 11980, MCG+07-45-024, Mrk 907, Z 530-22

NGC 7250 is an irregular galaxy located in the Lacerta constellation. It is a blue-colored galaxy with bright bursts of star formation: its star-forming rate is more than an order of magnitude greater than that of the Milky Way.[5]

In 2013, a type Ia supernova was detected within the galaxy, and was designated SN 2013dy. It was detected about 2.4 hours after the explosion, making it the earliest-known detection of a supernova at the time.[6]

The brighter star located in front of the galaxy is named TYC 3203-450-1, and is barely studied. It is about a million times closer to Earth than it the galaxy itself.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "A matter of distance". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
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    S2CID 18913331
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  3. ^ a b c d "NGC 7250". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
    . Retrieved 24 April 2017.
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  7. ^ Hille, Karl (2017-04-28). "Hubble's Bright Shining Lizard Star". NASA. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
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