PGC 2387685

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PGC 2387685
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Observation data
Constellation Hercules
Redshift 0.033468
Distance 440 Mly (134.9 Mpc)
Other designations
LEDA 2387685, NSA 146829, 2MASX J16133219+5103426

PGC 2387685 is a peculiar galaxy located 440 million light-years in the Hercules constellation. [1] [2] The galaxy seems to be gravitationally interacting with another neighboring galaxy PGC 3087279, which in turn causes both of the galaxies to have distorted shapes. [3] Together, they form the galaxy pair ZW I 136. [4]

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