Arp 115
| Galaxy Arp 115 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 43 m 02.3 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 16 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031395 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | (9412 ± 28) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(419 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (128.5 ± 9.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| UGC 6678 • PGC 36379/36392 • CGCG 157-020 / 021 • MCG + 05-28-021 / 2 • Arp 115 • VV 353 • | |
Arp 115 is an interacting galaxy triplet in the constellation Leo . Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class of elliptical galaxies close to and interfering with spiral galaxies .
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