Arp 102
| Galaxy Arp 102 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 19 m 17.9 s |
| declination | + 49 ° 00 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024073 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | (7217 ± 34) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(331 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (101.5 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| UGC 10814 • PGC 60067/70/73 • CGCG 252-040 / 41 • MCG + 08-31-041 / 42/43 • Arp 102 • VV 10 • | |
Arp 102 is the name of an interacting galaxy pair in the constellation Hercules , which consists of a spiral galaxy and an elliptical galaxy and is cataloged together as Arp 102 . Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class of elliptical galaxies connected to spirals .
Web links
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7