PGC 44691

PGC 44691 is a spiral galaxy located about 350 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Coma Berenices.[3] It belongs to a galaxy cluster known as the Coma Cluster.[4][5] In 1994, the Hubble Space Telescope observed PGC 44691 and the nearby elliptical galaxy NGC 4881 to infer the distance to the Coma Cluster.[4]

Hubble image of the galaxies NGC 4881 (center) and PGC 44691 (right).

PGC 44691
The spiral galaxy PGC 44691.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	13^h 00^m 03.0^s[1]
Declination	28° 14′ 25″[1]
Redshift	0.025631/7684 km/s[1]
Distance	352,080,000 ly
Group or cluster	Coma Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	16.7
Characteristics
Type	Sa[1]
Size	~50,560 ly (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.43 x 0.32[1]
Other designations
2MASX J13000297+2814253[1]

See also

• NGC 4921 Another spiral galaxy in the Coma Cluster

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for PGC 44691. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
3. [email protected]. "NGC 4881". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
4. "HubbleSite: Image - Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4881". hubblesite.org. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
5. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-24.

External links

• PGC 44691 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images