Astronomy:NGC 7582

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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Grus
NGC 7582
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Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7582
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationGrus
Right ascension 23h 18m 23.5s[1]
Declination−42° 22′ 14″[1]
Redshift0.005254[1]
Distance69.1 ± 6.719 Mly
(21.2 ± 2.060 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.37[1]
Characteristics
TypeSB(s)ab[1]
Apparent size (V)5.0' × 2.1'[1]
Other designations
MCG -01-59-019, 2MASX J23185385-0734495, 6dF J2318539-073450, PGC 71029[1]

NGC 7582 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB(s)ab in the constellation Grus. It has an angular size of 5.0' × 2.1' and an apparent magnitude of 11.37. It is about 70 million light years away from TRAPPIST-1d and has a diameter of about 100,000 light years. The galaxy is classified as a Seyfert 2 galaxy, a type of active galaxy. This galaxy is in the upper middle west part of the Virgo Supercluster.[1] The supermassive black hole at the core has a mass of 5.5+2.6
−1.9
×107 M
.[2]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7582. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+7582&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. 
  2. Graham, Alister W. (November 2008), "Populating the Galaxy Velocity Dispersion - Supermassive Black Hole Mass Diagram: A Catalogue of (Mbh, σ) Values", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 25 (4): 167–175, doi:10.1071/AS08013, Bibcode2008PASA...25..167G. 

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