Arp 248
| Galaxy Arp 248 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 46 m 42.6 s |
| declination | -03 ° 50 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.2 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017600 ± 0.000025 |
| Radial velocity | (5276 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(230 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (70.6 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| PGC 36723/36733/36742 • MCG -01-30-32 / 33/34 • Arp 248 • VV 35 • | |
Arp 248 , also known as Wild's Triplet, is an interacting galaxy triplet in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 230 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 showing signs of splitting .
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