Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 14
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Arp 235, Gary Imm
Arp 235, Gary Imm

Arp 235

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Arp 235, Gary Imm
Arp 235, Gary Imm

Arp 235

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This object, also known as NGC 14, is a small irregular galaxy located 40 million light years away in the constellation of Pegasus at a declination of +16 degrees.  This magnitude 13 galaxy spans 2 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 25,000 light years.  In his Arp catalog, Dr. Arp classified this object into the category of Galaxies with Appearance of Fission. 

The image shows a number of blue star clusters and a few HII regions.  This small galaxy falls into that interesting size range between 25,000 and 50,000 light years, where I see so many galaxies that I call Irregular Spirals.  They seem to me to be galaxies that are in transition from irregular to spiral shape.

Some sources say that this object is comprised of 2 galaxies, but SIMBAD doesn’t indicate that, and it doesn’t look like it to me.

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