| NGC 4027 | |
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 ESO image of NGC 4027 (mirrored). | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Corvus |
| Right ascension | 11h 59m 30.2s[1] |
| Declination | −19° 15′ 55″[1] |
| Redshift | 1671 ± 6 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 83 Mly (25.6 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.7[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)dm[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 3'.2 × 2'.4[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGCA 260,PGC 37773,Arp 22, VV 066, VIII Zw 158[1] | |
NGC 4027 (also known asArp 22) is abarred spiral galaxy approximately 83 millionlight-years away[2] in theconstellationCorvus. It is also apeculiar galaxy because one of itsspiral arms goes out more than the other. This is probably due to agalactic collision in NGC 4027's past.
Onesupernova has been observed in NGC 4027: SN 1996W (type II, mag. 16) was discovered by theBAO Supernova Survey on 10 April 1996.[3][4]
NGC 4027 is part of theNGC 4038 Group, agroup of galaxies that also contains theAntennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/NGC 4039).[5][6][7][8]
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