NGC 7479
NGC 7479 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Pegasus |
Right ascension | 23h 04m 56.6s[1] |
Declination | +12° 19′ 22″[1] |
Redshift | 2381 ± 1 km/s[1] |
Distance | 105 Mly |
Type | SB(s)c[1] |
Apparent dimensions (V) | 4′.1 × 3′.1[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.6[1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 12343,[1] PGC 70419,[1] Caldwell 44 | |
NGC 7479 (also known as Caldwell 44) is a barred spiral galaxy about 105 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. Supernovae SN 1990U and SN2009jf occurred in NGC 7479. NGC 7479 is also recognized as a Seyfert galaxy undergoing starburst activity in the nucleus and the outer arms (Kohno, 2007).[citation needed] Polarization studies of this galaxy indicate that it recently underwent a minor merger and that it is unique in the radio continuum, with arms opening in a direction opposite to the optical arms (Laine, 2005).[citation needed]
Gallery
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An ultraviolet image of NGC 7479 taken with GALEX. Credit: GALEX/NASA.
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NGC7479HunterWilson.jpg
NGC 7479 in an amateur telescope.
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NGC 7479 24 inch Schulman Foundation telescope on Mt. Lemmon, AZ.
References
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External links
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- NGC 7479 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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