UGC 10053

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Galaxy
Arp 109 / UGC 11053
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Constellation Dragon
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 15 h 47 m 59.4 s
declination + 69 ° 27 ′ 52 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S? + E  
Brightness  (visual) 15 likes
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.038273 ± 0.000130  
Radial velocity (11474 ± ​​39) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(521 ± 37)  ·  10 6  ly
(159.6 ± 11.2)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
UGC  10053 • PGC  56057/56063 • CGCG  338-019 / 20 • MCG  + 12-15-17 / 18 • Arp  110 • VV  291 •

Arp 109 = UGC 10053 is an interacting galaxy pair in the constellation Draco . It is probably in gravitational interaction with the elliptical galaxy PGC 56063 and forms the galaxy pair Arp 109 . Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class of elliptical galaxies that repel spiral arms (Arp catalog) .

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE