NGC 7537

NGC 7537
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of spiral galaxy NGC 7537 core.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension23h 14m 34.497s[1]
Declination+04° 29′ 54.02″[1]
Redshift0.009633[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity2,888±4 km/s[2]
Distance127 Mly (39 Mpc)[3]
Group or clusterPegasus I[4]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.9[5]
Characteristics
TypeSbc[6]
Size24 kly (7.5 kpc)[6]
Apparent size (V)1′.047 × 0′.356[1] (NIR)
Other designations
UGC 12442,[5] PGC 70786[5]

NGC 7537 is a spiral galaxy located in the equatorial constellation of Pisces, about 1.5° to the NNW of Gamma Piscium.[7] It was first documented by German-born astronomer William Herschel on Aug 30, 1785. J. L. E. Dreyer described it as, "very faint, considerably small, round, brighter middle, southwestern of 2".[8] This galaxy lies at a distance of approximately 127 Mly (39 Mpc) from the Milky Way,[3] and is a member of the Pegasus I cluster.[4]

This object forms a pair with the nearly edge-on barred spiral galaxy NGC 7541, and the two show signs of interaction. NGC 7537 has a curved tidal tail to the northeast with a length of 23 kly (6.9 kpc), while NGC 7541 has two tidal tails. They have a projected separation of 140 kly (44 kpc).[6]

A Type II supernova[9] designated SN 2002gd was detected by multiple independent observers beginning October 5, 2002. It was positioned 34″ east and 8″ north of the galactic nucleus of NGC 7537.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. ^ a b Woods, Deborah Freedman; et al. (July 2006). "Tidally Triggered Star Formation in Close Pairs of Galaxies: Major and Minor Interactions". The Astronomical Journal. 132 (1): 197–209. arXiv:astro-ph/0603175. Bibcode:2006AJ....132..197W. doi:10.1086/504834. S2CID 119336628.
  3. ^ a b Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
  4. ^ a b Levy, Lorenza; et al. (March 2007). "The Effect of Cluster Environment on Galaxy Evolution in the Pegasus I Cluster". The Astronomical Journal. 133 (3): 1104–1124. arXiv:astro-ph/0611591. Bibcode:2007AJ....133.1104L. doi:10.1086/510723. S2CID 17720310.
  5. ^ a b c "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7537. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
  6. ^ a b c Hendy, Y. H. M.; Ali, Gamal B. (December 2018). "The photometric and geometric analysis of galaxy pair KPG 578". NRIAG Journal of Astronomy and Geophysics. 7 (2): 194–200. Bibcode:2018JAsGe...7..194H. doi:10.1016/j.nrjag.2018.06.001. S2CID 125332425.
  7. ^ Sinnott, Roger W.; Perryman, Michael A. C. (1997). Millennium Star Atlas. Vol. 3. Sky Publishing Corporation and the European Space Agency. ISBN 0-933346-83-2.
  8. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 7500 - 7549". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  9. ^ Zampieri, L. (December 2005). Turatto, M.; Benetti, S.; Zampieri, L.; Shea, W. (eds.). Physical Properties of Type II Supernovae and Their Progenitors. 1604-2004: Supernovae as Cosmological Lighthouses. Proceedings of the conference held 15–19 June 2004 in Padua, Italy. ASP Conference Series. Vol. 342. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific. p. 358. Bibcode:2005ASPC..342..358Z.
  10. ^ Klotz, A.; et al. (October 2002). Green, D. W. E. (ed.). "Supernova 2002gd in NGC 7537". IAU Circular. 7986: 1. Bibcode:2002IAUC.7986....1K.
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