Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Piscis Austrinus (PsA)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7313  ·  NGC 7314
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Arp 14, Gary Imm
Arp 14, Gary Imm

Arp 14

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Arp 14, Gary Imm
Arp 14, Gary Imm

Arp 14

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Description

This object, also known as NGC 7314, is a spiral galaxy located 50 million light years away in the constellation of Pisces Austrinus at a declination of -26 degrees. This magnitude 13 galaxy spans 4 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 60,000 light years. My calculation is that we are viewing this galaxy at about 25 degrees from edge-on.

In his Arp catalog, Dr. Arp classified this object into the category of Spiral Galaxies with Detached Segments.

I find the disk of this galaxy to be fascinating. I don’t see a distinctive arm structure. Wide dust lanes seem to meander through the disk at random, surrounding the small bright core. Blue star clusters are also seen, especially on the far left side.

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