Q754097
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barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus
Key facts
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Right ascension
- 23 04 56.6
- Declination
- +12 ° 19 ′ 22 ″
- Redshift
- 2381 ± 1 km/ s
- Distance
- 105 Mly
- Type
- SB(s)c
- Size
- 118,000 ly (36.2 kpc )
- Apparent size v
- 4.1 ′ × 3.1 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 30
- Image
- Caldwell 44.jpg
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- catalog code
- [NKB95] N7479
- Commons category
- NGC 7479
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-10-19
- redshift
- 0.007945
- galaxy morphological type
- SB(s)c
- apparent magnitude
- 11.045
- right ascension
- 346.2361167
- declination
- 12.3228778
- radial velocity
- 2369
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Article
NGC 7479 (also known as Caldwell 44 or the Superman Galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy about 105 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. William Herschel discovered it in 1784. NGC 7479 is also recognized as a Seyfert galaxy and a LINER undergoing starburst activity not only on the nucleus and the outer arms, but also across the bar of the galaxy, where most of the stars were formed in the last 100 million years. 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. This feature, along with the asymmetrical arms of the galaxy and the intense star formation activity are attributed to a merger with a smaller galaxy. This galaxy is similar in both size and morphology to the barred spiral NGC 1300.
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