UGC 6697

UGC 6697
Hubble Space Telescope Image of UGC 6697
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension11h 43m 49.07s
Declination+19d 58m 06.40s
Redshift0.022432
Heliocentric radial velocity6,717 km/s
Distance378 Mly (115.8 Mpc)
Group or clusterLeo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)13.59
Characteristics
TypeIm, HII, Sbrst
Size205,000 y
Apparent size (V)1.9' x 0.3'
Other designations
PGC 36466, CGCG 097-087, MCG +03-30-066, 2MFGC 09207, WBL 353-022, SDSS J114349.07+195806.4, IRAS F11412+2014, 2CXO J114349.1-195807, 2XMM J114349.2+195804, ABELL 1367:[BFG83] 08, 2MASX J11434911+1958063, ECO 02995, NSA 140139, UITBOC 1673, LEDA 36466

UGC 6697 is a large irregular[1] spiral galaxy with a bar[2] located in the Leo constellation.[3] It is located 378 million light-years from the Solar System and has an estimated diameter of 205,000 light-years.[4] UGC 6697 is considered a starburst galaxy which produces high rates of star formation.[4][5] The first known reference to this galaxy comes from volume II of the Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies compiled by Fritz Zwicky in 1968, where it was listed as CGCG 097-087, and its coordinates listed as 1141.2 + 2015 (epoch B1950).[6]

  1. ^ "Principal Galaxy Catalog (PGC) Objects 36000 to 36499". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  2. ^ "HyperLeda -object description". atlas.obs-hp.fr. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  3. ^ "UGC 6697 Galaxy Facts & Distance". Universe Guide. July 3, 2022. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  4. ^ a b "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  5. ^ Sun, M.; Vikhlinin, A. (2005-03-10). "Revealing the interaction between the X-ray gas of starburst galaxy UGC 6697 and the hot intracluster medium of A1367". The Astrophysical Journal. 621 (2): 718–724. doi:10.1086/427728. ISSN 0004-637X.
  6. ^ Zwicky, Fritz; Herzog, E.; Wild, P. (1963). Catalogue of galaxies and of clusters of galaxies, Vol. 2 (PDF). Vol. II. California Institute of Technology. pp. 52–57. Bibcode:1963cgcg.book.....Z. Archived from the original on August 19, 2023.