Key facts
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Right ascension
- 22 20 44.8
- Declination
- −24 ° 40 ′ 42 ″
- Redshift
- 4792 ± 1 km/ s
- Distance
- 220 million light years
- Type
- (R)SA(r)0
- Size
- ~423,000 ly (129.7 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1′.9 × 1′.6
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 7252 is a peculiar galaxy resulting from an interaction between two galaxies that started a billion years ago. It is located 220 million light years away in the constellation Aquarius. It is also called Atoms for Peace Galaxy, a nickname which comes from its loop-like structure, made of stars, that resembles a classic diagram of an electron orbiting an atomic nucleus.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q869582” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.