NGC 4027 | |
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ESO image of NGC 4027. | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Corvus |
Right ascension | 11h 59m 30.2s [1] |
Declination | −19° 15′ 55″ [1] |
Redshift | 1671 ± 6 km/ s [1] |
Distance | 83 M
ly (25.6 M pc) [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.7 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(s)dm [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 3'.2 × 2'.4 [1] |
Other designations | |
UGCA 260,
PGC 37773,
Arp 22, VV 066, VIII Zw 158 [1] |
NGC 4027 (also known as Arp 22) is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 83 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Corvus. It is also a peculiar galaxy because one of its spiral arms goes out more than the other. This is probably due to a galactic collision in NGC 4027's past.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 4027: SN 1996W ( type II, mag. 16). [3]
NGC 4027 is part of the NGC 4038 Group, a group of galaxies that also contains the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/NGC 4039). [4] [5] [6] [7]