UGC 5304
| Galaxy Arp 255 / UGC 5304 |
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| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 53 m 09.6 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 52 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 14 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.041055 ± 0.000160 |
| Radial velocity | (12308 ± 48) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(544 ± 38) · 10 6 Lj (166.9 ± 11.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| UGC 5304 • PGC 28487/200253 • CGCG 035-076 • MCG + 01-25-030 • Arp 255 • VV 342 • | |
Arp 255 = UGC 5304 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Leo. It is estimated to be 544 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