NGC 7319

NGC 7319 is a highly distorted barred spiral galaxy that is a member of the compact Stephan's Quintet group located in the constellation Pegasus, some 95.3 Mpc distant from the Milky Way. The galaxy's arms, dust and gas have been highly disturbed as a result of the interaction with the other members of the Quintet. Nearly all of the neutral hydrogen has been stripped from this galaxy, most likely as a result of a collision with NGC 7320c some 100 million years ago. A pair of long, parallel tidal tails extend southward from NGC 7319 in the direction of NGC 7320c, and is undergoing star formation.

This is a type 2 Seyfert galaxy with one of the largest circumnuclear outflows known in galaxies of this type. This outflow reaches velocities of up to $6,740 km/s$ and spans 4 kpc. The star formation rate appears normal for a spiral galaxy at $500 km/s$ yr−1, and the majority (68%) is occurring in the spiral arms. The core appears faint in the ultraviolet band, indicating heavy extinction within the active galactic nucleus. There is a three component radio source with an overall size of 1.7 kpc that is straddling the nucleus. A strong X-ray source with a high redshift has been detected at a separation of $1.98 solar mass$ from the galactic nucleus, a quasi-stellar object.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 7319: On 19 August 1971, Leonida Rosino discovered SN 1971P (type unknown, mag. 16.8).