Arp 250
| Galaxy Arp 250 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 35 m 59.9 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 23 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 16.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.33 |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004543 |
| Radial velocity | 1362 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(60 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.4 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| PGC 2063674/21362 • IRAS F07327 + 3529 • Arp 250 • VV 35 • KIG 0196 | |
Arp 250 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Lynx. It is estimated to be 60 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 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