Messier 109
Sign in to savespiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major
Key facts
- Constellation
- Ursa Major
- Right ascension
- 11 57 36.0
- Declination
- +53 ° 22 ′ 28 ″
- Redshift
- 0.003 496 ± 0.000 004
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1048 ± 1 km/s
- Galactocentric velocity
- 1121 ± 3 km/s
- Distance
- 67.2 ± 23.2 Mly (20.6 ± 7.1 Mpc )
- Type
- SB(rs)bc, LINER / HII
- Size
- 176,170 ly (54.04 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 7.6 × 4.7 moa
via Wikipedia infobox
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Messier 109 (also known as NGC 3992 or the Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy exhibiting a weak inner ring structure around the central bar approximately 67.2 ± 23 million light-years away in the northern constellation Ursa Major. M109 can be seen south-east of the star Phecda (γ UMa, Gamma Ursa Majoris).
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