NGC 7752 and NGC 7753

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NGC 7752 / 7753
NGC7752, NGC7753 - HST - Potw2142a.jpg
NGC 7753 (big) and 7752 (small, bottom right), imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 23h 46m 58.5s / 23h 47m 04.8s [1]
Declination +29° 27 32 / +29° 29 00 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 5072 ± 5 / 5168 ± 6 km/s [1]
Distance 272 Mly [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)15.0 / 12.8 [1]
Characteristics
Type I0 / SAB(rs)bc [1]
Apparent size  (V)0.8 × 0.5 / 3.3 × 2.1 [1]
Other designations
UGC 12779 / 12780, [1] PGC 72382 / 72387, [1] Arp 86 [1]

NGC 7752 and NGC 7753 are a pair of galaxies approximately 272 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. They were discovered by R. J. Mitchell on 22 November 1854. [3]

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NGC 7753 is the primary galaxy. It is a barred spiral galaxy with a small nucleus. NGC 7752 is the satellite galaxy of NGC 7753. It is a barred lenticular galaxy that is apparently attached to one of NGC 7753's spiral arms. They resemble the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51A) and its satellite NGC 5195 (M51B).

Supernovae

Five supernovae have been observed in NGC 7753:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7752 / 7753. Retrieved 2006-11-21.
  2. Normandin, George. "NGC 7753 and NGC 7752 (aka Arp 86): Interacting Galaxies". Kopernik Observatory. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 7752 (with NGC 7753 = Arp 86)". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  4. Boles, Tom (2006). "Supernova 2006A in NGC 7753". International Astronomical Union Circular (8656): 3. Bibcode:2006IAUC.8656....3B.
  5. "SN 2006A". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  6. Quimby, R; Mondol, P; Itagaki, K; Nakano, S. (2006). "Supernovae 2006cg and 2006ch". International Astronomical Union Circular (8711): 1. Bibcode:2006IAUC.8711....1Q.
  7. "SN 2006ch". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  8. Xu, Zhijian; Gao, Xing; Koff, R. A.; Elenin, L.; Molotov, I.; Tomasella, L.; Benetti, S.; Cappellaro, E (2013). "Supernova 2013Q in NGC 7753 = Psn J23470787+2929115". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (3401): 2. Bibcode:2013CBET.3401....2X.
  9. "SN 2013Q". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  10. "SN 2015ae". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  11. "SN 2025kyg". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 21 May 2025.