NGC 278
| NGC 278 | |
|---|---|
|
NGC 278 by HST | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cassiopeia |
| Right ascension | 00h 52m 04.3s[1] |
| Declination | +47° 33′ 02″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.00209[1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 627 ± 1 km/s[1] |
| Distance |
38.5 Mly (11.8 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.5[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(rs)b[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2′.1 × 2′.0 [1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 528,[1] PGC 3051[1] | |
NGC 278 is a spiral galaxy (barred for some authors[3]) in the constellation Cassiopeia. It has a H II nucleus.[4]
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]
Gallery
NGC 278 is in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 278. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- ↑ "Distance Results for NGC 278". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021784.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1086/313041.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034336.
- ↑ "Cassiopeia's unusual resident". www.spacetelescope.org.
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Coordinates: 
00h 52m 04.3s, +47° 33′ 02″
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