UGC 477

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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]
Size100,000  ly (31,000  pc) [4]
Apparent size  (V)1.633′ × 0.490′ [3]
Notable featuresLow-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]

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Results for object UGC 00477". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech . Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "UGC 477". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
  4. 1 2 Plait, Phil (2016-05-02). "A Galaxy Hidden in Plain Sight". Slate. ISSN   1091-2339 . Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  5. "UGC 477 – Astronomy Now". astronomynow.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  6. Karachentsev, I. D. (1972). "Catalogue of isolated pairs of galaxies in the northern hemisphere". Soobshcheniya Spetsial'noj Astrofizicheskoj Observatorii. 7: 1–92. Bibcode:1972SoSAO...7....1K.