UGC 5720
| Galaxy Arp 233 / UGC 5720 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 32 m 32.0 s |
| declination | + 54 ° 24 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Im pec; WR / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004769 ± 0.000015 |
| Radial velocity | (1430 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(67 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.4 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| UGC 5720 • PGC 31141 • CGCG 266-055 • MCG + 09-17-070 • IRAS 10293 + 5439 • 2MASX J10323195 + 5424035 • Arp 233 • HARO 02 | |
Arp 233 = UGC 5720 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Great Bear , which is around 67 million light years from the Milky Way . This galaxy is also known as Blue compact dwarf galaxies , which are small compact galaxies that contain large young star clusters with hot, massive stars.
Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class galaxies showing signs of splitting .
Web links
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