UGC 477 | |
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![]() The low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy UGC 477 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Pisces |
Right ascension | 00h 46m 13.1067s [1] |
Declination | +19° 29′ 23.760″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.008836 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 2649 km/s [2] |
Distance | 117.52 ± 6.11 Mly (36.033 ± 1.872 Mpc) [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.70 [2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.4 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | Sdm: [2] |
Size | 100,000 ly (31,000 pc) [4] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.633′ × 0.490′ [3] |
Notable features | Low-surface-brightness galaxy |
Other designations | |
KPG 015A, MCG +03-03-002, PGC 2699, CGCG 458-004 [3] |
UGC 477 [3] is a low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy, located in the Pisces constellation. It is located over 110 million light years away. [5] At around 100,000 light years across, it is similar in size to the Milky Way galaxy. [4] The earliest known reference to this galaxy comes from part 2 of the Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies, published in 1964, where it is listed as MCG +03-03-002.
According to I.D. Karachentsev, UGC 477 forms an isolated galaxy pair with NGC 251. [6]