HGC44 & ARP316 Galaxy Cluster in LEO

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2018-03-21

Galaxies HGC44 LeoAlso known as Arp 316  (The Arp Peculiar Galaxies), are a galaxy group located in the Leo Constellation.

It is composed of Galaxies:

Galaxy NGC 3185 (Bottom Left)
Type: Spiral
mag: 12.87
distance 74 Mly

 

Galaxy NGC 3189-90 (In the Center)
Type: Spiral
mag 11.9
distance 79 Mly


Galaxy NGC 3187 (Below NGC3189)
TYPE: Barred spiral, low surface brightness
mag 13.4
distance: 70 Mly

 

Galaxy NGC 3193 (Top right)
type: Elliptical
mag 10.8
distance: 64 Mly

 

Galaxies NGC 3193, 3187, 3189 are in interaction.

The cluster has another 2 galaxies PGC 86788 and PGC 2806871 one is down to the center and the other in the center.

 

Object details

Designations HGC44, ARP316
Object Type Galaxy Group
Constellation Leo
Apparent Magnitude +10.8 to +13.4
Apparent Size (V)
Distance 60 - 79 million light years
Size
Redshift
Radial velocity
 
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