Arp 131
| Galaxy Arp 131 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 47 m 21.0 s |
| declination | -14 ° 47 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026778 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | (8028 ± 12) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(357 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (109.4 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| PGC 10561/10564 • MCG -3-8-25 / 26 • Arp 131 • VV 336 • | |
Arp 131 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Eridanus , which is approximately 357 million light years from the Milky Way. 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