UGC 9391

Magellanic spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

UGC 9391 is a Magellanic spiral galaxy in constellation Draco. 130 million light years from Earth, it is not a member of any group of galaxies, and is moving away from the Earth at 1939 km/s.[2]

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UGC 9391
UGC 9391 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationDraco
Right ascension14h 34m 37.013s[1]
Declination59° 20m 16.174s[1]
Redshift0.00649[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity1,939 km/s[2]
Distance78.8 Mly (24.15 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.5[2]
Characteristics
TypeSBdm[3]
Apparent size (V)1.85 × 1.85[2]
Other designations
UGC 9391, MCG +10-21-011, PGC 52091[2]
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In 2003, a supernova catalogued as SN 2003du was detected within the galaxy, with an apparent magnitude of 15.9.[4]

This galaxy resides 130 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco near the north celestial pole.

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