UGC 11861

UGC 11861
The barred spiral galaxy UGC 11861, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cepheus
Right ascension	21h 56m 24.0s[1]
Declination	+73° 15′ 38.6″[1]
Redshift	0.004930[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1478 ± 1 km/s[1]
Distance	64.2 ± 4.5 Mly (19.68 ± 1.39 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	15.2[1]
Characteristics
Type	SABdm[1]
Size	~94,300 ly (28.91 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	3.5' x 2.6'[1]
Other designations
IRAS 21557+7301, 2MASX J21562414+7315393, PGC 67671, CGCG 343-003[1]

UGC 11861 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cepheus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1334 ± 10 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 19.68 ± 1.39 Mpc (∼64.2 million light-years).^[1] In addition, three non redshift measurements give a distance of 18.933 ± 5.26 Mpc (~61.7 million light-years).^[2] The first known reference to this galaxy comes from volume IV of the Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies compiled by Fritz Zwicky in 1968, where it was listed as CGCG 343-003, and described as an "extremely diffuse spiral."^[3]

The SIMBAD database lists UGC 11861 an active galaxy nucleus candidate, i.e. it has a compact region at the center that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.^[4] In addition, the galaxy contains two broad spiral arms wrapping around its central region.^[5]