PGC 47944
Galaxy LEDA / PGC 47944 |
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IC 901 & PGC 47944 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 35 m 37.367 s |
declination | + 13 ° 19 ′ 32.46 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S. |
Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.042409 ± 0.000060 |
Radial velocity | 12,714 ± 18 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(568 ± 40) · 10 6 Lj (174.0 ± 12.2) Mpc |
history | |
Catalog names | |
UGC 8576 • PGC 47944 • 2MASX J13353738 + 1319324 • 2MASS J13353738 + 1319326 • NVSS J133537 + 131932 • SDSS J133537.36 + 131932.4 |
LEDA / PGC 47944 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 568 million light years from the Milky Way . Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with IC 901 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5221 , NGC 5226 , NGC 5230 , IC 898 .