Right ascension 11 59 30.2 Redshift 1671 ± 6 km/s Type SB(s)dm Magnitude 11.7 Apparent magnitude (V) 11.7 | Declination −19° 15′ 55″ Distance 83 Mly
(25.6 Mpc) Apparent size (V) 3'.2 × 2'.4 Constellation Corvus | |
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Similar William Herschel discoveries, Other celestial objects | ||
NGC 4027 (also known as Arp 22) is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 83 million light-years away in the constellation Corvus. It is also a peculiar galaxy because one of its spiral arms goes out more than the other. This is probably due to a galactic collision in NGC 4027's past.
Galaxy group information
NGC 4027 is part of the NGC 4038 Group, a group of galaxies that also contains the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/NGC 4039).
References
NGC 4027 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA