Arp 88

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Galaxy
Arp 88
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 19 m 05.2 s
declination + 12 ° 28 ′ 24 ″
Appearance
Brightness  (visual) 16 likes
Angular expansion 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′
Physical data
Redshift ?  
Radial velocity ? km / s  
distance pc  
history
Catalog names
PGC  4728 • Arp  88 • VV  445 •

PGC 4728 = Arp 88 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Pisces in the northern sky .

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 large companion of high 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