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NGC 7582

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NGC 7582
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7582
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationGrus
Right ascension23h 18m 23.5s[1]
Declination−42° 22′ 14″[1]
Redshift0.005254[1]
Distance69.1 ± 6.719 Mly
(21.2 ± 2.060 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.37[1]
Characteristics
TypeSB(s)ab[1]
Apparent size (V)5.0' × 2.1'[1]
Other designations
2MASX J23182362-4222140, MCG -07-47-029, PGC 071001[1]

NGC 7582 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB(s)ab in the constellation Grus. It has an angular size of 5.0' × 2.1' and an apparent magnitude of 11.37. It is about 70 million light years away from Earth and has a diameter of about 100,000 light years. The galaxy is classified as a Seyfert 2 galaxy, a type of active galaxy. This galaxy is in the upper middle west part of the Virgo Supercluster.[1] The supermassive black hole at the core has a mass of 5.5+2.6
−1.9
×107 M
.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7582. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  2. ^ Graham, Alister W. (November 2008), "Populating the Galaxy Velocity Dispersion - Supermassive Black Hole Mass Diagram: A Catalogue of (Mbh, σ) Values", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 25 (4): 167–175, arXiv:0807.2549, Bibcode:2008PASA...25..167G, doi:10.1071/AS08013, S2CID 89905.
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