HCG 92

E290085

HCG 92 is a compact group of interacting galaxies in the constellation Pegasus, best known for its striking tidal tails and shock fronts caused by galactic collisions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
HCG 92 canonical 4
HCG 92A 3
HCG 92B 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf compact group of galaxies ⓘ
interacting galaxy group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Arp 319 ⓘ
linked to: NGC 7319

Stephan's Quintet ⓘ
apparentMagnitude ~13 ⓘ
apparentSize ~4′ × 3′ ⓘ
backgroundGroupDistance ~280 million light-years ⓘ
catalogNumber HCG 92 ⓘ
containsGalaxy NGC 7317 ⓘ
NGC 7318A ⓘ
linked to: NGC 7318B

NGC 7318B ⓘ
NGC 7319 ⓘ
NGC 7320 ⓘ
NGC 7320C ⓘ
declination +33° 57′ 36″ ⓘ
discoveredBy Édouard Stephan ⓘ
discoveryYear 1877 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth ~280 million light-years ⓘ
~85 Mpc ⓘ
environment dense small-scale galaxy group ⓘ
exampleOf galaxy interaction laboratory ⓘ
foregroundGalaxyDistance ~40 million light-years ⓘ
hasFeature intergalactic gas filament ⓘ
large-scale shock front in intragroup medium ⓘ
starburst regions triggered by interactions ⓘ
hasForegroundGalaxy NGC 7320 ⓘ
hasInteractionType high-velocity galaxy collision ⓘ
strong tidal interaction ⓘ
hasMorphologicalTypes elliptical galaxies ⓘ
spiral galaxies ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Pegasus ⓘ
memberOfCatalog Hickson Compact Group catalog ⓘ
notableFor intense intergalactic medium emission ⓘ
shock fronts from galaxy collisions ⓘ
strong tidal tails ⓘ
numberOfMainGalaxies 5 ⓘ
observedByTelescope Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
Spitzer Space Telescope ⓘ
observedIn X-ray wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
radio wavelengths ⓘ
partOf local universe ⓘ
radialVelocity ~6600 km/s ⓘ
redshift ~0.021 ⓘ
rightAscension 22h 35m 57s ⓘ
usedFor studies of galaxy evolution in compact groups ⓘ
studies of shock-induced star formation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

HCG 92 → catalogNumber → HCG 92 ⓘ
NGC 7317 → alsoKnownAs → HCG 92A ⓘ
linked to: HCG 92
NGC 7318A → hasAlternativeName → HCG 92A ⓘ
linked to: HCG 92
Hickson Compact Group catalogue → alsoKnownAs → HCG catalogue ⓘ
linked to: HCG 92
NGC 7317 → hasAlternativeName → HCG 92A ⓘ
linked to: HCG 92
NGC 7318B → hasAlternativeName → HCG 92B ⓘ
linked to: HCG 92