ISOHDFS 27

ISOHDFS 27 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Tucana, and was discovered in the Hubble Deep Field South survey. It is the most massive spiral galaxy found in the survey, measuring 130,000 light-years (40,000 parsecs) in diameter. It is located approximately 6 billion light-years (1.8 billion parsecs) from Earth and has a mass of 1.04×1012 solar masses (M), about four times as massive as the Milky Way.

ISOHDFS 27
Image of ISOHDFS 27 taken by Hubble
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTucana
Right ascension22h 32m 47.7s
Declination−60° 33 35.9
Redshift0.5807±0.0003
Helio radial velocity174,090 km/s (108,170 mi/s)
Galactocentric velocity174,009 km/s (108,124 mi/s)
Distance6 billion ly (1.8 billion pc) (light travel distance)
7 billion ly (2.1 billion pc)
(comoving distance)
Apparent magnitude (V)20.51
Characteristics
TypeSbc
Mass1.04×1012 M
Size130,000 ly (40,000 pc)
Apparent size (V)0.075 × 0.075
Other designations
HDFS J223247.66-603335.9, LFR2003 193, SB-WF 3572-1508

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