Arp 285 (with Arp 1) (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: NGC 2854 · NGC 2856 · NGC 2857 · PGC 213599 · PGC 26694

Arp 285 (with Arp 1)

This image captures two Arp objects located in the constellation of Ursa Major at a declination of +49 degrees.

Arp 285 is the pair of galaxies at lower right, located much closer than Arp 1 at 130 million light years away. The larger galaxy on the right, NGC 2854, spans 1.8 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 70,000 light years. The other galaxy is NGC 2856. Both galaxies appear to be somewhat disturbed from their gravitational interaction.

The beautiful face-on spiral galaxy at top left is Arp 1, also known as NGC 2857. This 12.3 magnitude galaxy is 240 million light years away and spans 2 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 140,000 light years. This galaxy was classified by Arp under the category of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies. The galaxy shows no signs of disturbance - just perfectly formed arms and symmetry. Many other small galaxies are seen near Arp 1. The small smudge immediately left and above Arp 1 is the galaxy SDSS J092445.36+492234.2, located 2.3 billion light years away.

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RA (center)	09h24m20s.920
RA (top/left)	09h25m03s.282
RA (top/right)	09h23m04s.576
RA (bottom/right)	09h23m38s.915
RA (bottom/left)	09h25m37s.980

Dec (center)	+49°17′16″.24
Dec (top/left)	+49°28′22″.55
Dec (top/right)	+49°21′13″.96
Dec (bottom/right)	+49°06′08″.62
Dec (bottom/left)	+49°13′13″.88

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