NGC 750

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NGC 750
NGC 0750 SDSS.jpg
Interacting galaxies NGC 750 (top) and NGC 751 (bottom) (SDSS)
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation Triangulum
Right ascension 01h 57m 32.70s [1]
Declination +33° 12′ 33.00″ [1]
Redshift 0.017249 [1]
Helio radial velocity 5171 ± 8 km/s [1]
Distance 225 Mly
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.00 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)13.00 [2]
Characteristics
Type E pec [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.6 x 1.3 [2]
Other designations
PGC 7369, MCG +05-05-034, UGC 1430, Arp 166

NGC 750 is an elliptical galaxy approximately 225 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Triangulum. [1] It forms a close pair of interacting galaxies together with the nearby NGC 751 galaxy. The pair is listed as Arp 166 in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (in the category Galaxies with diffuse filaments). [3]

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Close pair of interacting galaxies NGC 750 (top) and NGC 751 (bottom) (SDSS) NGC750 - NGC751 - SDSS DR14.png
Close pair of interacting galaxies NGC 750 (top) and NGC 751 (bottom) (SDSS)

Observational history

German-born British astronomer William Herschel was first to discover a galaxy at this location on September 12, 1784, but he did not resolve this close pair, therefore he described it as a single object NGC 750. [3] [4]

NGC 751, the second galaxy from this pair, which is smaller and fainter than NGC 750, was first resolved by Irish engineer and astronomer Bindon Stoney on October 11, 1850, who used Lord Rosse's 72" telescope. [3]

Interaction with NGC 751

At least 100,000,000 years have passed since the moment of the first strong tidal perturbation between these two galaxies. [5] Both galaxies are characterized by strong tidal interactions and distortions, and they are still in the process of efficient tidal interaction. [5]

The distance between the centers of this pair is 21", or 10 kpc in projection. [6] [5] Both galaxies have almost identical central radial velocities. [5] While NGC 750 exhibits nearly flat radial velocity curves, the radial velocity curves of NGC 751 are characterized by large variations of more than 100 km s−1 along the slit. [5]

A large, diffuse tidal tail extends 20 arcsec (10 kpc) to the north-east of the pair. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Revised NGC Data for NGC 750". spider.seds.org. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Data for NGC 750". www.astronomy-mall.com. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Focal Pointe Observatory". bf-astro.com. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Madejsky, R. (1991). "Morphology and kinematics of the interacting elliptical galaxies NGC750 and NGC751 = ARP 166 - Velocity fields of tidally distorted elliptical galaxies". Astronomy and Astrophysics . 247: 348–356. Bibcode:1991A&A...247..348M.
  6. ↑ Sandage, A.; Bedke, J. (1994). The Carnegie Atlas of Galaxies. Volume I. Carnegie Institution of Washington. Bibcode:1994cag..book.....S.

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