NGC 278

NGC 278 is a spiral galaxy (barred for some authors[3]) in the constellation Cassiopeia. It has an H II nucleus.[4]

NGC 278
NGC 278 by HST
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCassiopeia
Right ascension 00h 52m 04.3s[1]
Declination+47° 33′ 02″[1]
Redshift0.00209[1]
Helio radial velocity627 ± 1 km/s[1]
Distance38.5 Mly
(11.8 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.5[1]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)b[1]
Apparent size (V)2′.1 × 2′.0 [1]
Other designations
UGC 528,[1] PGC 3051[1]

Characteristics

NGC 278 is a small and compact high-surface brightness galaxy with high star formation rate taking place in an inner ring with a radius of 2 kiloparsecs, that may have been triggered by the merger with a smaller companion.[5]

  • NGC 278 is in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.[6]

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 278. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
  2. "Distance Results for NGC 278". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  3. Garrido, O.; Marcelin, M.; Amram, P.; Boissin, O. (February 2003). "GHASP: An Hα kinematic survey of spiral and irregular galaxies. II. Velocity fields and rotation curves of 15 galaxies". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 399. pp. 51–61. Bibcode:2003A&A...399...51G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021784.
  4. Ho, Luis C.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Sargent, Wallace L. W. (October 1997). "A Search for 'Dwarf' Seyfert Nuclei. III. Spectroscopic Parameters and Properties of the Host Galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 112. p. 315. arXiv:astro-ph/9704107. Bibcode:1997ApJS..112..315H. doi:10.1086/313041.
  5. Knapen, J. H.; Whyte, L. F.; de Blok, W. J. G.; van der Hulst, J. M. (August 2004). "The nuclear ring in the unbarred galaxy NGC 278: Result of a minor merger?". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 423. pp. 481–493. arXiv:astro-ph/0405107. Bibcode:2004A&A...423..481K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034336.
  6. "Cassiopeia's unusual resident". www.spacetelescope.org.
  • Media related to NGC 278 at Wikimedia Commons


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