NGC 7315

NGC 7315 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus.[2] It was discovered on 11 September 1872 by Édouard Stephan.[5] It was described as "very faint, extremely small, round, brighter middle" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue.[5]

NGC 7315
SDSS image of NGC 7315
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPegasus
Right ascension22h 35m 31.692s[1]
Declination+34° 48′ 12.81″[1]
Redshift0.021055[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity6312 km/s[3]
Distance282.9 Mly (86.75 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.8[4]
Characteristics
TypeS0[2]
Size143,200 ly (43,920 pc)[2][note 1]
Apparent size (V)1.6′ × 1.6′[2]
Other designations
UGC 12097, MGC+06-49-037, PGC 69241[4]

SN 2007B, a type Ia supernova, was discovered in NGC 7315 in January 2007.[6]

References
  1. 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. "NED results for object NGC 7315". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  3. Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
  4. "NGC 7315". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7300 - 7349". cseligman.com. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  6. Puckett, T.; Orff, T.; Madison, D.; Li, W.; Itagaki, K.; Nakano, S.; Newton, J.; Kadota, K. (2007). "Supernovae 2007A, 2007B, 2007C". IAU Circ. 8792 (8792): 2. Bibcode:2007IAUC.8792....2P.

Notes
  1. RC3 D0 (blue) values used.


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