Arp 132
| Galaxy Arp 132 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 19 m 25.1 s |
| declination | -03 ° 05 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.5 mag |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025900 ± 0.000049 |
| Radial velocity | (7765 ± 15) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(341 ± 24) · 10 6 ly (104.5 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| PGC 34639 • CGCG 011-053 • Arp 132 • VV 584 • | |
Arp 132 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Leo , which is approximately 341 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