NGC 7582

NGC 7582
	HST image of NGC 7582
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Grus
Right ascension	23h 18m 23.5s[1]
Declination	−42° 22′ 14″[1]
Redshift	0.005254[1]
Distance	69.1 ± 6.719 Mly; (21.2 ± 2.060 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.37[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB(s)ab[1]
Apparent size (V)	5.0' × 2.1'[1]
Other designations
	MCG -01-59-019, 2MASX J23185385-0734495, 6dF J2318539-073450, PGC 71029[1]

NGC 7582 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB(s)ab in the constellation Grus. It has an angular size of 5.0' × 2.1' and an apparent magnitude of 11.37. It is about 70 million light years away from Earth and has a diameter of about 100,000 light years. The galaxy is classified as a Seyfert 2 galaxy, a type of active galaxy. This galaxy is in the upper middle west part of the virgo supercluster.[1] The supermassive black hole at the core has a mass of 5.5+2.6
−1.9×10⁷ M_☉.[2]

References

"NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7582. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
Graham, Alister W. (November 2008), "Populating the Galaxy Velocity Dispersion - Supermassive Black Hole Mass Diagram: A Catalogue of (Mbh, σ) Values", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 25 (4): 167–175, arXiv:0807.2549, Bibcode:2008PASA...25..167G, doi:10.1071/AS08013.

External links

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NGC 7582 (UV - GALEX

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[ned-1] "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7582. Retrieved January 7, 2017.

[Graham2008-2] Graham, Alister W. (November 2008), "Populating the Galaxy Velocity Dispersion - Supermassive Black Hole Mass Diagram: A Catalogue of (Mbh, σ) Values", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 25 (4): 167–175, arXiv:0807.2549, Bibcode:2008PASA...25..167G, doi:10.1071/AS08013.