NGC 7236

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NGC 7236
NGC7236 - SDSS DR14.jpg
NGC 7236 by PanSTARRS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 22h 14m 45.0s [1]
Declination +13° 50′ 47″ [1]
Redshift 0.026186 ± 0.000005 [1]
Helio radial velocity 7,850 ± 1 km/s [1]
Distance 290 ± 73 Mly (89 ± 22.5 Mpc) [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.6 [2]
Characteristics
Type SA0^- [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.25′ × 0.56′ [1]
Notable featuresInteracting galaxy, radio galaxy
Other designations
UGC 11958, Arp 169, II Zw 172, CGCG 428-058, MCG +02-56-023, 3C 442A, PGC 68384 [1]

NGC 7236 is an interacting lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus. It is located at a distance of about 300 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 7236 is about 150,000 light years across. [1] NGC 7236 forms a pair with NGC 7237 and is a radio galaxy. It was discovered by Albert Marth on August 25, 1864. [3]

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NGC 7236 forms a pair with elliptical galaxy NGC 7237, which lies 35 arcseconds to the southeast. The two galaxies are undergoing a merger and are surrounded by hot gas (corona) with temperature of around 1 keV. The total mass of that gas is estimated to be 3×1010  M☉ . [4] A smaller elliptical galaxy, NGC 7237C, lies 38 arcseconds southeast of NGC 7237. A faint tail emanates from NGC 7236. [5] It is included in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies , in the category diffuse counter-tails. A tail is also visible in X-rays. [6] A dust lane runs across the galaxy. [7]

The galaxy pair is a source of radiowaves. The radio emission has a double lobe structure, with filaments, but no jets, while a weak core is identified as the nucleus of NGC 7237. [8] The filaments could be created by the interaction of hot gas with the preexisting radio emitting plasma. Some bright radio sources are visible within the lobes but they could be background active galaxies. [6]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 7237</span>

NGC 7237 is an interacting lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus. It is located at a distance of about 350 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 7237 is about 240,000 light years across. NGC 7237 forms a pair with NGC 7236 and is a radio galaxy. It was discovered by Albert Marth on August 25, 1864.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7236. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
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  3. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 7236 (with NGC 7237 = Arp 169)". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Worrall, D. M.; Birkinshaw, M.; Kraft, R. P.; Hardcastle, M. J. (1 April 2007). "The Effect of a Chandra -measured Merger-related Gas Component on the Lobes of a Dead Radio Galaxy". The Astrophysical Journal. 658 (2): L79–L82. doi:10.1086/513869. S2CID   15963632.
  5. ↑ Borne, Kirk D.; Hoessel, John G. (July 1988). "Interacting binary galaxies. III - Observations of NGC 1587/1588 and NGC 7236/7237". The Astrophysical Journal. 330: 51. doi:10.1086/166454.
  6. 1 2 Hardcastle, M. J.; Kraft, R. P.; Worrall, D. M.; Croston, J. H.; Evans, D. A.; Birkinshaw, M.; Murray, S. S. (10 June 2007). "The Interaction between Radio Lobes and Hot Gas in the Nearby Radio Galaxies 3C 285 and 3C 442A". The Astrophysical Journal. 662 (1): 166–181. doi:10.1086/517997. S2CID   18803836.
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