Arp 47

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Galaxy
Arp 47
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Bear keeper
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 14 h 47 m 13.6 s
declination + 18 ° 51 ′ 31 ″
Appearance
Brightness  (visual) 15.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.042049 ± 0.000834  
Radial velocity (12606 ± 250) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(566 ± 41)  ·  10 6  ly
(173.4 ± 12.6)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
UGC  12665 ​​• PGC  52803 • CGCG  105-026 • MCG  + 03-38-14 • Arp  47 • VV  435 •

Arp 47 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the Bear Keeper constellation. It is estimated to be 566 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 spiral galaxies with a companion of low surface brightness on one arm

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE