NGC 7174

E873779

NGC 7174 is a peculiar, interacting spiral galaxy located in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, notable for its distorted structure caused by gravitational interaction with nearby galaxies.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
NGC 7174 canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf interacting galaxy ⓘ
peculiar galaxy ⓘ
spiral galaxy ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV about 13 ⓘ
catalog New General Catalogue ⓘ
catalogNumber 7174 ⓘ
constellation Piscis Austrinus ⓘ
declination approximately −31° 59′ ⓘ
discoverer John Herschel ⓘ
discoveryYear 1834 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth approximately 100 million light-years ⓘ
approximately 30 megaparsecs ⓘ
distortionCause gravitational interaction with nearby galaxies ⓘ
environment dense group environment ⓘ
galaxyClusterMembership Hickson Compact Group 90 ⓘ
hasDistortedStructure true ⓘ
hasDustLanes true ⓘ
hasEquatorialCoordinatesEpoch J2000 ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType peculiar spiral ⓘ
hasNearbyCompanion NGC 7172 ⓘ
NGC 7176 ⓘ
hasPeculiarVelocity true ⓘ
hasStarFormation enhanced in interaction regions ⓘ
hasTidalFeatures true ⓘ
hasWarpedDisk true ⓘ
interactsWith NGC 7173 ⓘ
NGC 7176 ⓘ
isPartOf compact galaxy group ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Piscis Austrinus ⓘ
memberOf HCG 90 ⓘ
namedAfterCatalogue New General Catalogue (NGC) ⓘ
observedBy Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
observedIn infrared wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
partOf Hickson Compact Group 90 ⓘ
radialVelocity approximately 2700 km/s ⓘ
redshift approximately 0.009 ⓘ
rightAscension approximately 22h 02m ⓘ
showsTidalTails true ⓘ
skyPosition southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.