NGC 7314
| NGC 7314 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 7314 taken from Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Piscis Austrinus |
| Right ascension | 22h 35m 46.2s[1] |
| Declination | −26° 3′ 1″[1] |
| Redshift | 1428 ± 3 km/s[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.9[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(rs)bc[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 4′.6 × 2′.1[1] |
| Other designations | |
| Arp 14, PGC 69253[1] | |
NGC 7314 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. It is a Seyfert (active) galaxy. Since it appears to have detached spiral arm segments (either from dust lanes or bright star clusters), it was listed in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.[2]
Walter Scott Houston describes its appearance in small telescopes:[3]
Do not let its photographic magnitude of 11.6 scare you off, for it can be seen in a 6-inch telescope as a curiously fuzzy object. But it is small, appearing only 4' by 2'.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7314. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
- ^ Arp, Halton (1966). Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. Pasadena, California: California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 5 Jan 2010. (webpage includes PDF link)
- ^ Houston, Walter Scott (2005). Deep-Sky Wonders. Sky Publishing Corporation. ISBN 1-931559-23-6.
External links
- NGC 7314 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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