PGC 40547

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 40547
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IC 3313 & PGC 40551 (o) [1]
IC 3313 & PGC 40551 (o)
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 25 m 36.0 s
declination + 15 ° 50 ′ 52 ″
Appearance
Morphological type dE5, N  
Angular expansion 0.96 ′ × 0.51 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.003625 ± 0.000115  
Radial velocity 1087 ± 34 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(47 ± 4)  ·  10 6  ly
(14.3 ± 1.1)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
PGC  40547 • MCG  + 03-32-032 • VCC  816 • GALEX ASC J122536.09 + 155048.6 • HOLM 398B • EVCC 564

LEDA / PGC 40547 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type dE5 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 47 million light years away from the Milky Way and is part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under the designation VCC 816 . Together with IC 3313 , it forms the galaxy pair Holm 398 .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4396 , NGC 4379 , IC 787 , IC 788 .

Web links

Individual evidence

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