Arp 295
| Galaxy Arp 295 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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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 |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(316 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (96.9 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| 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