NGC 1741
| Galaxy pair  NGC 1741  | 
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|---|---|
| Photo of the Hubble Space Telescope from Arp 259 (HCG 31A-D) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus | 
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Position  equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0  | 
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| Right ascension | 05 h 01 m 38.3 s | 
| declination | -04 ° 15 ′ 25 ″ | 
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | pec | 
| Brightness (visual) | A: 14.4 mag  B: 14.6 mag  | 
| Brightness (B-band) | A: 15.0 mag  B: 15.2 mag  | 
| Angular expansion | A: 0.9 / 0.3  B: 0.9 / 0.5  | 
| Position angle | A: 63 °  B: 25 °  | 
| Surface brightness | A: 12.8 mag / arcmin²  B: 13.6 mag / arcmin²  | 
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Coma cluster , LGG 123 | 
| Redshift | 0.013473 +/- 0.000018 | 
| Radial velocity | (4039 +/- 5) km / s | 
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Stroke distance  v rad / H 0  | 
(176 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly (54.0 ± 3.8) Mpc  | 
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan | 
| Discovery date | January 6, 1878 | 
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1741 • PGC 16574 (A) / 16570 (B) • MCG -01-13-045 • IRAS 04591-0419 • Arp 259 • HCG 31A-B • Mrk 1089 • VV 524,565 • | |
NGC 1741 = Arp 259 is an interacting galaxy pair (NGC 1741A & B) in the constellation Eridanus, approximately 176 million light years from the Milky Way . It is part of the Hickson Compact Group HCG 31 .
Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class of galaxies with irregular clusters .
The object was discovered on January 6, 1878 by Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1741  - collection of images, videos, and audio files
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