NGC 7237C
| Galaxy NGC 7237C |
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| NGC 7236, NGC 7237, and NGC 7237C (right to left) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 14 m 46.9 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 50 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 16.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023860 ± 0.000189 |
| Radial velocity | 7153 ± 57 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(328 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.5 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7237C • UGC 11958 • PGC 200377 • CGCG 428-058 • 2MASX J22144877 + 1350006 • Arp 169 • II Zw 172 | |
NGC 7237C is a galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. It is an estimated 328 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with NGC 7236 and NGC 7237 , it forms the galaxy triplet Arp 169 . Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class galaxies with diffuse opposing arms .
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