PGC 44691
PGC 44691 is a spiral galaxy located about 350 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Coma Berenices.[3] It belongs to a galaxy cluster known as the Coma Cluster.[4][5] In 1994, the Hubble Space Telescope observed PGC 44691 and the nearby elliptical galaxy NGC 4881 to infer the distance to the Coma Cluster.[4]
Hubble image of the galaxies NGC 4881 (center) and PGC 44691 (right).
| PGC 44691 | |
|---|---|
 The spiral galaxy PGC 44691. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Right ascension | 13h 00m 03.0s[1] |
| Declination | 28° 14′ 25″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.025631/7684 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 352,080,000 ly |
| Group or cluster | Coma Cluster |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 16.7 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sa[1] |
| Size | ~50,560 ly (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.43 x 0.32[1] |
| Other designations | |
| 2MASX J13000297+2814253[1] | |
See also
- NGC 4921 Another spiral galaxy in the Coma Cluster
References
- "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for PGC 44691. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
- "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
- information@eso.org. "NGC 4881". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
- "HubbleSite: Image - Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4881". hubblesite.org. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
- "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
External links
- PGC 44691 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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