PGC 24469
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 24469 |
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![LEDA 24469, NGC 2648 & LEDA 4174606 [1] (r)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_2648_SDSS.jpg)
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| LEDA 24469, NGC 2648 & LEDA 4174606 (r) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 42 m 48.2 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 15 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc / WR? / HII |
| Angular expansion | 1.55 ′ × 0.32 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007056 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 2115 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(90 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (27.5 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| PGC 24469 • CGCG 060-036 • MCG + 02-22-006 • IRAS 08399 + 1427 • 2MASX J08424821 + 1415547 • NSA 156854 • KPG 168B | |
LEDA / PGC 24469 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type Sc in the constellation of Cancer at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 90 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with NGC 2648 , it forms the interactive galaxy pair Arp 89, which is cataloged in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on March 19, 1784 .
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