Right ascension 14 56 54 Redshift 0.034505(10166 km/s) Apparent magnitude (V) 11.3 (15.3 + 15.7) | Declination +24° 36.0′ 00″ Distance 450 Mly (150 Mpc) Type S+S | |
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Similar NGC 5544, NGC 5614, NGC 5579, II Zwicky 73, NGC 5490 | ||
Arp 302 (also known as Exclamation Point Galaxy) is a galaxy in the constellation Boötes. Arp 302, also known as VV 340 or UGC 9618 consists of a pair of very gas-rich spiral galaxies in their early stages of interaction. An enormous amount of infrared light is radiated by the gas from massive stars that are forming at a rate similar to the most vigorous giant star-forming regions in our own Milky Way. Arp 302 is 450 million light-years away from Earth, and is the 302nd galaxy in Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.
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