NGC 7582

NGC 7582
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7582
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Grus
Right ascension	23h 18m 23.5s[1]
Declination	−42° 22′ 14″[1]
Redshift	0.005254[1]
Distance	69.1 ± 6.719 Mly (21.2 ± 2.060 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.37[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB(s)ab[1]
Apparent size (V)	5.0' × 2.1'[1]
Other designations
2MASX J23182362-4222140, MCG -07-47-029, PGC 071001[1]

NGC 7582 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB(s)ab in the constellation Grus. It has an angular size of 5.0' × 2.1' and an apparent magnitude of 11.37. It is about 70 million light years away from Earth and has a diameter of about 100,000 light years. The galaxy is classified as a Seyfert 2 galaxy, a type of active galaxy. This galaxy is in the upper middle west part of the Virgo Supercluster.^[1] The supermassive black hole at the core has a mass of 5.5+2.6
−1.9×10⁷ M_☉.^[2]

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  NGC 7582, NGC 7590, and NGC 7599 by GALEX
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  NGC 7582 by Hubble Space Telescope

• Media related to NGC 7582 at Wikimedia Commons

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