NGC 7319

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J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPegasus
Right ascension22h 36m 03.56s[1]
Declination+33° 58′ 32.7″[1]
Redshift0.022[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity6,740 km/s[2]
Distance311 Mly (95.3 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)14.1[3]
Characteristics
TypeSB(s)bc pec[3]
Apparent size (V)1′.7 × 1′.3[3]
Other designations
NGC 7319, UGC 12102, LEDA 69269, PGC 69269[4][3]

NGC 7319 is a highly distorted barred spiral galaxy that is a member of the compact Stephan's Quintet[5] group located in the constellation Pegasus, some 311 megalight-years distant from the Milky Way.[1] The galaxy's arms, dust and gas have been highly disturbed as a result of the interaction with the other members of the Quintet. Nearly all of the neutral hydrogen has been stripped from this galaxy, most likely as a result of a collision with NGC 7320c some 100 million years ago.[6] A pair of long, parallel tidal tails extend southward from NGC 7319 in the direction of NGC 7320c, and is undergoing star formation.[7]

This is a type 2

quasi-stellar object.[2]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 7319: On 19 August 1971, Leonida Rosino discovered SN 1971P (type unknown, mag. 16.8).[9]

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