Themorphological classification of this galaxy is SAB(s)ab,[3] which indicates it is a spiral galaxy that displays mixed barred and non-barred features with intermediate to tightly wound arms and no ring.[6] It is highly inclined to the line of sight at an angle of 74°[7] and has a maximum rotation velocity of 236km/s.[8] The combined mass of the stars in this galaxy is an estimated 76 billion (7.6 × 1010) times themass of the Sun. It contains about 4.3 billion solar masses ofneutral hydrogen and 85 million solar masses in dust.[9] The nucleus isactive, displaying characteristics of a "transition" type object. That is, it shows properties of aLINER-type galaxy intermixed with anH II region around the nucleus.[10]
^abSkrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006)."The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)".The Astronomical Journal.131 (2):1163–1183.Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S.doi:10.1086/498708.ISSN0004-6256.S2CID18913331.
^Schoeniger, F.; Sofue, Y. (July 1997), "The CO Tully-Fisher relation for the Virgo cluster",Astronomy and Astrophysics,90:1681–1759,Bibcode:1997A&A...323...14S.
