Arp 103
| Galaxy Arp 103 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 49 m 29.5 s |
| declination | + 45 ° 28 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031382 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | (9408 ± 32) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(428 ± 30) · 10 6 Lj (131.3 ± 9.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| UGC 10586 • PGC 59061/62/65 • CGCG 252-003 • MCG + 08-31-03 / A • Arp 103 • VV 710 • HOLM 757 | |
Arp 103 is the name of an interacting galaxy triplet in the constellation Hercules . The group of galaxies is also known as Zwicky's triplet . 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