Astronomy:KKR 25
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Draco
| KKR 25 | |
|---|---|
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Draco |
| Right ascension | 16h 13m 47.9s[1] |
| Declination | +54° 22′ 16″[1] |
| Redshift | −0.000465[1] |
| Helio radial velocity | −139 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 6.37 ± 0.35 Mly (1.954 ± 0.108 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.9[1] |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | −10.55[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Irr[1] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 2801026[1] | |
KKR 25 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation of Draco. It is about 6.4 million light years (1.95 megaparsecs) away from the Earth. KKR 25 is located outside the Local Group but the Local group is the nearest galaxy group with the M81 Group being the second nearest.[2][3][4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Results for KKR 25". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=kkr+25&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ "KKR 25 dwarf spheroid galaxy". universetoday.com. December 22, 2014. http://www.universetoday.com/tag/kkr-25-dwarf-spheroid-galaxy/.
- ↑ Makarov, Dmitry; Makarova, Lidia; Sharina, Margarita; Uklein, Roman; Tikhonov, Anton; Guhathakurta, Puragra; Kirby, Evan; Terekhova, Natalya (2012). "A unique isolated dwarf spheroidal galaxy at D=1.9 Mpc - INSPIRE-HEP". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 425 (1): 709–719. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21581.x. Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.425..709M. https://inspirehep.net/record/1119502/plots?ln=en. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ↑ Karachentsev, I. D.; Sharina, M. E.; Dolphin, A. E.; Geisler, D.; Grebel, E. K.; Guhathakurta, P.; Hodge, P. W.; Karachentseva, V. E. et al. (2001). "A new galaxy near the Local Group in Draco". Astronomy and Astrophysics 379 (2): 407–411. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20011344. Bibcode: 2001A&A...379..407K.
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