NGC 7479

NGC 7479
Image taken with the Wide Field Channel of Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pegasus
Right ascension	23h 04m 56.6s[1]
Declination	+12° 19′ 22″[1]
Redshift	2381 ± 1 km/s[1]
Distance	105 Mly
Type	SB(s)c[1]
Apparent dimensions (V)	4′.1 × 3′.1[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.6[1]
Other designations
UGC 12343,[1] PGC 70419,[1] Caldwell 44
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

NGC 7479 (also known as Caldwell 44) is a barred spiral galaxy about 105 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. Supernovae SN 1990U and SN2009jf occurred in NGC 7479. NGC 7479 is also recognized as a Seyfert galaxy undergoing starburst activity in the nucleus and the outer arms (Kohno, 2007).^{[citation needed]} 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 (Laine, 2005).^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

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  An ultraviolet image of NGC 7479 taken with GALEX. Credit: GALEX/NASA.

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  NGC 7479 in an amateur telescope.

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  NGC 7479 24 inch Schulman Foundation telescope on Mt. Lemmon, AZ. Courtesy of Joseph D. Schulman.

References

External links

• NGC 7479 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images