Arp 295
Galaxy Arp 295 |
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Constellation | Aquarius |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 23 h 41 m 54.1 s |
declination | -03 ° 38 ′ 29 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sc + Sb pec |
Brightness (visual) | A: 14.5 mag B: 14.6 mag |
Angular expansion | A: 1.4 x 0.1 B: 0.9 x 0.5 |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.023236 ± 0.000063 |
Radial velocity | (6966 ± 19) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(316 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (96.9 ± 6.8) Mpc |
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Catalog names | |
PGC 72139/72155 • MCG -1-60-21 / 22 • Arp 295 • VV 34 • |
Arp 295 is an interacting galaxy pair ( MCG -1-60-21 & MCG -1-60-22 ) in the constellation Aquarius, which is an estimated 316 million light years from the Milky Way . Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This pair of galaxies belongs to the class of galaxies with long filaments .
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