NGC 7682

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NGC 7682
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the galaxy
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 23h 29m 03.9s [1]
Declination +03° 32′ 00″ [1]
Redshift 0.017139 ± 0.000013
Heliocentric radial velocity 5,120 ± 4 km/s [1]
Distance 177 ± 5 Mly (54.2 ± 1.5 Mpc) [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.3 [2]
Characteristics
Type SB(r)ab [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.2′ × 1.1′ [1]
Notable features Seyfert galaxy
Other designations
Arp 216, UGC 12622, MCG +00-59-047, PGC 71566, CGCG 380-062, VV 329b [1]

NGC 7682 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is located at a distance of about 180 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 7682 is about 65,000 light years across. It was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on September 23, 1864. [3]

The galaxy has a bar and two weak spiral arms which form a ring. [4] [5] The nucleus of NGC 7682 has been found to be active and has been categorised as a type 2 Seyfert galaxy. [6] The most accepted theory for the energy source of Seyfert galaxies is the presence of an accretion disk around a supermassive black hole. The supermassive hole in the nucleus of NGC 7682 is estimated to be 17–62 million (107.56±0.33) M☉. [7] Ionised H-alpha, [N II] and [O III] gas has been detected along with [Ne V], [Si VI] and [Si VIII]. [6] Ionization cones are observed north and south of the nucleus. [5] A jet was reported to be present in H-alpha and NII imaging by W. C. Keel in 1985 [8] but further observations didn't confirm its presence. [9]

NGC 7682 forms a pair with NGC 7679. NGC 7682 lies at a distance of 269.7 arcseconds, which corresponds to a projected distance of 97 kpc. [10] The two galaxies are connected by a hydrogen bridge, a sign of a closer encounter in the past 500 million years. [11] It is possible that the interaction of the two galaxies caused star formation in NGC 7679. [12]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 7679</span> Galaxy in the constellation Pisces

NGC 7679 is a lenticular galaxy with a peculiar morphology in the constellation Pisces. It is located at a distance of about 200 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 7679 is about 60,000 light years across. It was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on September 23, 1864. The total infrared luminosity is 1011.05 L☉, and thus it is categorised as a luminous infrared galaxy. NGC 7679 is both a starburst galaxy and a Seyfert galaxy.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 7172</span> Galaxy in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 5252</span> Galaxy in the constellation of Virgo

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 5953</span> Galaxy in the constellation Serpens

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7682. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  2. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 7682". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 7682 (= PGC 71566, and with NGC 7679 = Arp 216)". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "High-resolution radio observations of the CfA Seyfert Sample – I. The observations". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 15 October 1995. doi: 10.1093/mnras/276.4.1262 .
  5. 1 2 Martini, Paul; Regan, Michael W.; Mulchaey, John S.; Pogge, Richard W. (June 2003). "Circumnuclear Dust in Nearby Active and Inactive Galaxies. I. Data". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 146 (2): 353–406. arXiv: astro-ph/0212396 . Bibcode:2003ApJS..146..353M. doi:10.1086/367817.
  6. 1 2 Mazzalay, Ximena; Rodríguez-Ardila, Alberto; Komossa, S. (April 2010). "Demystifying the coronal-line region of active galactic nuclei: spatially resolved spectroscopy with the Hubble Space Telescope". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 405 (2): 1315. arXiv: 1002.3152 . Bibcode:2010MNRAS.405.1315M. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16533.x .
  7. ↑ Bosch, Remco C. E. van den (10 November 2016). "Unification of the Fundamental Plane and Super Massive Black Hole Masses". The Astrophysical Journal. 831 (2): 134. arXiv: 1606.01246 . Bibcode:2016ApJ...831..134V. doi: 10.3847/0004-637X/831/2/134 .
  8. ↑ Keel, W. C. (April 1985). "A radio-quiet emission-line jet in the type 2 Seyfert galaxy NGC 7682". The Astronomical Journal. 90: 577. Bibcode:1985AJ.....90..577K. doi:10.1086/113762.
  9. ↑ Brodie, Jean; Willick, Jeffrey A.; Bowyer, Stuart; Henry, J. Patrick (May 1987). "Narrowband imaging and spectroscopy close to the nucleus of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 7682". The Astronomical Journal. 93: 1054. Bibcode:1987AJ.....93.1054B. doi:10.1086/114388.
  10. ↑ Ricci, C.; Bauer, F. E.; Treister, E.; Schawinski, K.; Privon, G. C.; Blecha, L.; Arevalo, P.; Armus, L.; Harrison, F.; Ho, L. C.; Iwasawa, K.; Sanders, D. B.; Stern, D. (23 January 2017). "Growing supermassive black holes in the late stages of galaxy mergers are heavily obscured". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: stx173. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx173 . hdl: 20.500.11850/213867 .
  11. ↑ Buson, L. M.; Cappellari, M.; Corsini, E. M.; Held, E. V.; Lim, J.; Pizzella, A. (February 2006). "NGC 7679: an anomalous, composite Seyfert 1 galaxy whose X-ray luminous AGN vanishes at optical wavelengths". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 447 (2): 441–451. arXiv: astro-ph/0510034 . Bibcode:2006A&A...447..441B. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053204 .
  12. ↑ Yankulova, I. M.; Golev, V. K.; Jockers, K. (July 2007). "The luminous infrared composite Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 7679 through the [O III] λ 5007 emission line". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 469 (3): 891–898. arXiv: 0704.0768 . doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077440 .
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