LEDA 135657

LEDA 135657 is a distant low surface brightness spiral galaxy[2][3] located about 570 million light-years away[3] in the constellation Cetus.[4] It has an estimated diameter of 97,000 light-years.[3]

LEDA 135657
The spiral galaxy LEDA 135657.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension 02h 40m 11.1s[1]
Declination−01° 46 28[1]
Redshift0.043537/13052 km/s[1]
Distance567,240,000 ly
Apparent magnitude (V)15.47
Characteristics
TypeSc[1]
Size~97,050 ly (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)0.46' x 0.39[1]
Other designations
2MASX J02401107-0146278, DENIS J024011.0-014628,6dFGS gJ024011.1-014628, ISI96 0237-0159, PGC 135657[1]

See also

  • Malin 1 a giant low surface brightness galaxy discovered in 1986
  • NGC 45
  • Low-surface-brightness galaxy

References

  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for PGC 135657. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  2. "PGC 135657". simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  4. "Miscellaneous Principal Galaxy Catalog (PGC) Objects". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-20.


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