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NGC 7332

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Right ascension
  
22 37 24.5

Redshift
  
0.003909

Apparent magnitude (V)
  
12.0

Constellation
  
Pegasus

Declination
  
+23° 47′ 54″

Helio radial velocity
  
1197 ± 5 km/s

Magnitude
  
11

NGC 7332 NGC 7332 amp NGC 7339

Distance
  
67.1 ± 11 Mly (20.6 ± 3.4 Mpc)

Similar
  
NGC 7217, NGC 7457, NGC 7335, NGC 7177, NGC 7320

NGC 7332 is an edge-on peculiar lenticular galaxy located about 67 million light-years away.

NGC 7332 and NGC 7339 form a dynamically isolated binary system (number 570 in the catalog of double galaxies compiled by Igor Karachentsev), and are likely orbiting each other. NGC 7332 is the brighter of the two galaxies.

NGC 7332 NGC 7332 amp NGC 7339

In the sky NGC 7339 lies 5' away from NGC 7332. NGC 7332 is an unusually blue object with a corrected apparent B-magnitude of 11.5. A 130mm to 200mm telescope will be needed to visually detect this pair of galaxies. The two galaxies will appear at almost a right angle to one another.

NGC 7332 NGC 7332 amp NGC 7339
NGC 7332 Graphite Galaxy

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NGC 7332 Galaxy NGC 7332 Deep Sky Objects Browser

NGC 7332 NGC 7332 amp NGC 7339

References

NGC 7332 Wikipedia