NGC 7292

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NGC 7292
A galaxy fills up most of the frame from the right. It is fuzzy and diffuse, but made up of numerous tiny stars. In the core, the stars merge into a glowing bar shape. The gas and stars in the galaxy vary between warm and cool colours. They are spread over a large area, the colours mixing like clouds. The glow of the galaxy fades into a black background, with a few stars and small, distant galaxies.
NGC 7292 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPegasus
Right ascension22h 28m 26.2896s[1]
Declination+30° 17′ 29.904″[1]
Redshift0.003292±0.0000130[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity987±4 km/s[1]
Distance38.55 ± 4.13 Mly (11.820 ± 1.266 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.03[1]
Characteristics
TypeIBm[1]
Size~25,800 ly (7.91 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)2.1′ × 1.7′[1]
Other designations
IRAS 22261+3002, UGC 12048, MCG +05-53-003, PGC 68941, CGCG 495-003[1]

NGC 7292 is a barred irregular galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 652±24 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 31.4 ± 2.5 Mly (9.62 ± 0.76 Mpc).[1] However, six non-redshift measurements give a larger mean distance of 38.55 ± 4.13 Mly (11.820 ± 1.266 Mpc).[2] It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 29 August 1872.[3]

NGC 7292 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.[4][5]

Supernova

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One supernova has been observed in NGC 7292:

  • SN 1964H (Type II, mag. 13.5) was discovered by Howard Stiles Gates on 16 June 1964.[6][7][8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Results for object NGC 7292". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Distance Results for NGC 7292". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  3. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 7292". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  4. ^ Asmus, D.; Greenwell, C. L.; Gandhi, P.; Boorman, P. G.; Aird, J.; Alexander, D. M.; Assef, R. J.; Baldi, R. D.; Davies, R. I.; Hönig, S. F.; Ricci, C.; Rosario, D. J.; Salvato, M.; Shankar, F.; Stern, D. (2020). "Local AGN survey (LASr): I. Galaxy sample, infrared colour selection, and predictions for AGN within 100 MPC". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494 (2): 1784. arXiv:2003.05959. Bibcode:2020MNRAS.494.1784A. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa766.
  5. ^ "NGC 7292". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  6. ^ Zwicky, F. (1965). "The 1964 Palomar Supernova Search". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 77 (459): 456. Bibcode:1965PASP...77..456Z. doi:10.1086/128257.
  7. ^ Zwicky, F.; Gates, H. S. (24 July 1964). Thernöe, K. A. (ed.). "SUPERNOVA IN NGC 7292". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 1870. Copenhagen Observatory, IAU: 1. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  8. ^ "SN 1964H". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
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