PGC 1228197 | |
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Observation data | |
Constellation | Aquarius |
Redshift | 0.050788 |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 15,200 km/s |
Distance | 700 Mly |
Characteristics | |
Type | S |
Size | 160,000 ly |
Other designations | |
LEDA 1228197, 2MASX J21134738+0228347, WINGS J211347.41+022834.9, JO206 |
PGC 1228197 known as WINGS J211347.41+022834.9 and JO206, is a large spiral galaxy located 700 million light-years away towards the constellation of Aquarius.[1][2] The galaxy is estimated to be at least 160,000 thousand light-years in diameter, making it somehow bigger than the Milky Way. With a radial velocity of 15,200 kilometers per second, it is slowly drifting away. It is classified as a jellyfish galaxy, mainly due to interactions from other galaxies, causing it to run into intracluster medium and stripping the gas from it, which causes long galactic tendrils of stars.[3][4] It has an active galactic nucleus according to SIMBAD.[2]