PGC 93122
Galaxy LEDA / PGC 93122 |
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NGC 5222 with LEDA 93122 (l) & LEDA 1439259 (r) SDSS | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 34 m 57.594 s |
declination | + 13 ° 44 ′ 39.39 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sat |
Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.60 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 45 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.022979 ± 0.000083 |
Radial velocity | 6889 ± 25 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(307 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (94.2 ± 6.6) Mpc |
history | |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5222-2 • UGC 8558 N02 • PGC 93122 • CGCG 073-039 N02 • MCG + 02-35-005 N02 • 2MASX i J1334575 + 134439 • Arp 288 N02 • VV 315c • 2MASS J13345753 + 1344393 • KPG 383B • NSA 170947 |
LEDA / PGC 93122 (also NGC 5222-2 ) is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 307 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 5222 , it forms the interacting double galaxy KPG 383 and with the galaxy NGC 5221 the gravitationally bound galaxy pair Arp 288 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5226 , NGC 5230 , IC 898 , IC 901 .
Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy pair belongs to the class galaxies with wind effects .
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