NGC 7320 | |
Epoch: | J2000.0 |
Type: | SA(s)d[1] |
Z: | 786 ± 20 km/s |
Dist Ly: | 39 million ly (12 Mpc)[2] |
Appmag V: | +13.2 |
Size V: | 2.2 × 1.2 |
Constellation Name: | Pegasus |
Notes: | Foreground projection on Stephan's Quintet |
Names: | UGC 12101, PGC 69270, Arp 319, HCG 092A |
NGC 7320 is a spiral galaxy in Stephan's Quintet. However, it is not an actual member of the galaxy group, but a much closer line-of-sight galaxy at a distance of about 40 million light years, the same as the nearby NGC 7331. Other galaxies of Stephan's Quintet are some 300 million light-years distant.
NGC 7320 has extensive H II regions, identified as red blobs, where active star formation is occurring.
The galaxy was imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope as part of Stephan's Quintet; the picture was released on 12 July 2022.