NGC 7582
| NGC 7582 | |
|---|---|
 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7582 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Grus |
| Right ascension | 23h 18m 23.5s[1] |
| Declination | −42° 22′ 14″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.005254[1] |
| Distance | 69.1 ± 6.719 Mly (21.2 ± 2.060 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.37[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)ab[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 5.0' × 2.1'[1] |
| Other designations | |
| 2MASX J23182362-4222140, MCG -07-47-029, PGC 071001[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 Earth 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]
Gallery
NGC 7582 by Hubble Space Telescope
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7582. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ 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, arXiv:0807.2549, Bibcode:2008PASA...25..167G, doi:10.1071/AS08013, S2CID 89905.
External links
Media related to NGC 7582 at Wikimedia Commons
