Arp 60

Arp 60
Arp 60
	Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of Arp 60
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	13h 14m 47.08s
Declination	+26° 06′ 24.5″
Redshift	0.071784
Heliocentric radial velocity	21,520 km/s
Distance	958 Mly (293.7 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	16.2
Characteristics
Type	SBbc
Size	95,000 ly
Apparent size (V)	0.35 x 0.35
Other designations
	LEDA 1762846, 2MASX J13144704+2606244, 2MASS J13144708+2606239, LQAC 198+026 015, SDSS J131447.07+260624.1, LOFAR J131447.07+260623.8, XMMSL1 J131447.7+260627

Arp 60, also known as LEDA 1762846, is a barred spiral galaxy located in Coma Berenices. It is located 958 million light-years from the Solar System and has an approximate diameter of 95,000 light-years.

Companion galaxy

Arp 60 has one companion galaxy which is located east: SDSS J131446.02+260629.8 known as PGC 4538493. The galaxy is located 979 million light-years away and as such makes a galaxy pair with Arp 60. Together, they are part of the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies which was created by Halton Arp. In this category, they fall under the classification of Spiral Galaxies with Small, high surface brightness companions.

References

1 2 3 4 "HyperLeda -object description". atlas.obs-hp.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
1 2 "Miscellaneous Principal Galaxy Catalog (PGC) Objects". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
↑ Ford, Dominic. "Arp 60 (Galaxy cluster)". In-The-Sky.org. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
↑ "HyperLeda -object description for SDSS J131446.02+260629.8". atlas.obs-hp.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
↑ "Mantrap Skies Astronomical Image Catalog: ARP060". images.mantrapskies.com. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
↑ "ARP Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
↑ Arp, Halton (1966-11-01). "Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 14: 1. Bibcode:1966ApJS...14....1A. doi:10.1086/190147. ISSN 0067-0049.
↑ Iovene, Salvatore. "Arp 60 (with Arp 196)". AstroBin. Retrieved 2024-05-05.

[LEDA-1] 1 2 3 4 "HyperLeda -object description". atlas.obs-hp.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-05.

[:0-2] 1 2 "Miscellaneous Principal Galaxy Catalog (PGC) Objects". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-05-05.

[3] Ford, Dominic. "Arp 60 (Galaxy cluster)". In-The-Sky.org. Retrieved 2024-05-05.

[4] "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-05.

[5] "HyperLeda -object description for SDSS J131446.02+260629.8". atlas.obs-hp.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-05.

[6] "Mantrap Skies Astronomical Image Catalog: ARP060". images.mantrapskies.com. Retrieved 2024-05-05.

[7] "ARP Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-05.

[8] Arp, Halton (1966-11-01). "Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 14: 1. Bibcode:1966ApJS...14....1A. doi:10.1086/190147. ISSN 0067-0049.

[9] Iovene, Salvatore. "Arp 60 (with Arp 196)". AstroBin. Retrieved 2024-05-05.