UGC 6665 explained
| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Constellation Name: | Virgo |
| H Radial V: | 5510 ± 3 km/s |
| Z: | 0.01855 |
| Dist Ly: | [1] |
| Type: | Sb pec:[2] |
| Appmag V: | 13.57[3] |
| Appmag B: | 14.17 |
| Names: | [4] |
UGC 6665 (Arp 161) is a spiral[2] field galaxy[2] in the constellation Virgo. It is an estimated 265 million light-years[1] from the Milky Way, and is listed in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as number 161.[4]
UGC 6665 is a blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxy. Like some other BCDs, it has an unusually high ratio of nitrogen to oxygen.[5]
Notes and References
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201731000. 1704.05252. Physical conditions of the molecular gas in metal-poor galaxies. 2017. Hunt. L. K.. Weiß. A.. Henkel. C.. Combes. F.. García-Burillo. S.. Casasola. V.. Caselli. P.. Paola Caselli. Lundgren. A.. Maiolino. R.. Menten. K. M.. Testi. L.. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 606. A99. 2017A&A...606A..99H . 119485252.
- Web site: Results for object NGC UGC 6665 (UGC 6665). NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. 2021-08-30.
- Web site: Search specification: UGC 6665. HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. 2021-08-30.
- UGC 6665. 2021-08-30.
- 10.1093/mnras/sts004. The merging dwarf galaxy UM 448: Chemodynamics of the ionized gas from VLT integral field spectroscopy. 2013. James. B. L.. Tsamis. Y. G.. Barlow. M. J.. Walsh. J. R.. Westmoquette. M. S.. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 428. 86–102. free. 1209.3011.
