Arp 98

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Galaxy
Arp 98
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Constellation triangle
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 32 m 10.9 s
declination + 32 ° 06 ′ 10 ″
Appearance
Brightness  (visual) 15 likes
Angular expansion 1.9 ′ × 0.5 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.041492 ± 0.000083  
Radial velocity (12439 ± 25) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(562 ± 39)  ·  10 6  Lj
(172.3 ± 12.1)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
UGC  1095 • PGC  5714/5 • CGCG  502-107 • MCG  + 5-4-66 / 67 • Arp  98 • VV  301 • IV Zw 051

Arp 98 is the name of an interacting galaxy pair in the constellation Triangulum , which consists of a spiral galaxy and an elliptical galaxy and is cataloged together as Arp 98 . Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class spiral galaxies with an elliptical companion 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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE