NGC 7469

NGC 7469 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus. NGC 7469 is located about 200 million light-years away from Earth, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 7469 is approximately 142,000 light-years across. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on November 12, 1784.

NGC 7469 is a type I Seyfert galaxy, characterised by its bright nucleus. It is also a luminous infrared source with a powerful starburst embedded into its circumnuclear region. The coexistence of a circumnuclear starburst ring and an active galactic nucleus have turned NGC 7469 into a key target for studying their relation. NGC 7469 interacts with its smaller companion , forming a pair collectively known in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 298. NGC 7469 is one of the first galaxies observed by the James Webb Space Telescope.