PGC 41646

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 41646
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IC 3481 with PGC 41646 (lu) & SDSS J123245.24 + 112313.9 [1] SDSS image
IC 3481 with PGC 41646 (lu) & SDSS J123245.24 + 112313.9 SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 32 m 56.750 s
declination + 11 ° 23 ′ 23.85 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E pec:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.2 ′ × 0.2 ′
Surface brightness 10.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation E.  
Redshift 0.024457 ± 0.000112  
Radial velocity 7332 ± 34 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(325 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(99.7 ± 7.0)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
IC  3481A  • PGC  41646 • MCG  + 02-32-128 • 2MASX  J12325676 + 1123241 • Arp  175-2 • VV  43b • GALEX ASC J123256.68 + 112325.6 • NSA 66815 • VPC 887

LEDA / PGC 41646 (also IC 3481A ) is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . The galaxy is an estimated 325 million light years from the Milky Way and is approximately 20,000 light years across. Together with IC 3481 and IC 3483 , it forms the galaxy triplet Arp 175 .

Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class galaxies with narrow opposing arms .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4503 , NGC 4528 , IC 3446 , IC 3470 .

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : IC 3481