UGC 477
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Right ascension00h 46m 13.1067s[1]
Declination+19° 29′ 23.760″[1]
| UGC 477 | |
|---|---|
 The low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy UGC 477 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 00h 46m 13.1067s[1] |
| Declination | +19° 29′ 23.760″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.008836[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 2649 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 117.52 ± 6.11 Mly (36.033 ± 1.872 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.70[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.4[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sdm:[2] |
| Size | 100,000 ly (31,000 pc)[4] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.633′ × 0.490′[3] |
| Notable features | Low-surface-brightness galaxy |
| Other designations | |
| KPG 015A, MCG +03-03-002, PGC 2699, CGCG 458-004[3] | |
UGC 477[3] is a low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy, located in the Pisces constellation. It is located over 110 million light years away.[5] At around 100,000 light years across, it is similar in size to the Milky Way galaxy.[4] The earliest known reference to this galaxy comes from part 2 of the Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies, published in 1964, where it is listed as MCG +03-03-002.
According to I.D. Karachentsev, UGC 477 forms an isolated galaxy pair with NGC 251.[6]
