Arp 218
| Galaxy Arp 218 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 53 m 35.4 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 36 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) bc + G |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | ? |
| Radial velocity | ? km / s |
| distance | ? pc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| PGC 56314 • CGCG 107-052 / 108-001 • MCG + 3-40-57 • Arp 218 • VV 311 • | |
Arp 218 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Snake. Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class of galaxies with adjacent loops .
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