UGC 2140 | |
Type: | Irr |
Ra: | [1] |
Z: | 0.013583 |
Appmag V: | 15.43 |
Size V: | 1.7 |
Constellation Name: | Aries |
Names: | VV 143, HCG 18, UGC 2140, Z 462-37, APG 258, MCG+03-07-037, Z 0236.3+1810, Arp 258 |
UGC 2140 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Aries. It was thought to be a compact group of galaxies, catalogued as HCG 18, but in 1999 the object was found to be a single galaxy with multiple star-forming regions.[2]