Arp 338
| Galaxy Arp 338 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 10 m 59.5 s |
| declination | -07 ° 54 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | ? |
| Radial velocity | ? km / s |
| distance | ? pc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| Arp 338 • | |
Arp 338 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Sextant . Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class Various .
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