PGC 39058

PGC 39058
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Right ascension 12h 14m 08.4s[1]
Declination +66° 05 41[1]
Redshift 0.000227[1]
Helio radial velocity 68[1]
Distance 17.710 ± 0.055 Mly
(5.430 ± 0.017 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 14.60[1]
Characteristics
Type Scd
Apparent size (V) 1.95' x 0.8385'[1]
Other designations
UGC 7242, PGC 39058, MCG+11-15-037[2]

PGC 39058 is a dwarf galaxy located 14 million light years away in constellation Draco. The galaxy is faint and obscured by HD 106381, a star in the foreground making it difficult to observe.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "PGC 39058". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database.
  2. "NGC 672". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. "Bright star — faint galaxy". spacetelescope.org.


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