Arp 48
| Galaxy Arp 48 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 19 m 59.2 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 20 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.048323 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | (14487 ± 50) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(652 ± 46) · 10 6 Lj (199.8 ± 14) Mpc |
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| Catalog names | |
| PGC 4789 • CGCG 436-026 • 2MASX J01195923 + 1220377 • Arp 48 • | |
Arp 48 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is an estimated 522 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
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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