PGC 47944

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 47944
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IC 901 & PGC 47944 [1]
IC 901 & PGC 47944
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

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