PGC 2790928

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 2790928
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IC 3726 with LEDA 2790928 (o) [1]
IC 3726 with LEDA 2790928 (o)
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 44 m 40.9 s
declination + 40 ° 42 ′ 29 ″
Appearance
Morphological type BlueCG  
Angular expansion 0.14 ′ × 0.11 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.017402 ± 0.000140  
Radial velocity 5217 ± 42 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(235 ± 17)  ·  10 6  ly
(72.1 ± 5.1)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
PGC  2790928 • GALEX ASC J124441.03 + 404229.0 • SDSS J124440.94 + 404229.4 • NSA 87203

LEDA / PGC 2790928 is a blue compact dwarf galaxy , a small galaxy with large young star clusters with hot, massive stars, in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is an estimated 235 million light years from the Milky Way . In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4655 , IC 3713 , IC 3723 , IC 3726 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE