UGCA 290

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Galaxy
Arp 211 / UGCA 290
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Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 37 m 21.8 s
declination + 38 ° 44 ′ 38 ″
Appearance
Morphological type In the pec  
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.001527 ± 0.000002  
Radial velocity (458 ± 1) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(22 ± 2)  x  10 6  ly
(6.8 ± 0.48)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
UGCA  290 • PGC  42134/42135 • CGCG  365-012, 366-004 • MCG  + 7-26-33 / 34 • Arp  211 • VV  42 •

UGCA 290 = Arp 211 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Hounds . The galaxy pair is about 22 million light years away 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 galaxies with irregularities, absorption and resolution .

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

Individual evidence

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