Arp 262
| Galaxy Arp 262 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 56 m 45.0 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 48 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | DBL SYS |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 484 |
| Redshift | 0.005917 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | (1774 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(86 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.4 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| UGC 12856 • PGC 72977/72978 • CGCG 456-004 • MCG + 03-01-03 / 04 • Arp 262 • VV 255 • KPG 598 | |
Arp 262 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Pegasus. It is estimated to be 86 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 of galaxies with irregular clusters .
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