Coordinates: Sky map 00h 46m 13.1067s, +19° 29′ 23.760″

UGC 477

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UGC 477
The low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy UGC 477 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension00h 46m 13.1067s[1]
Declination+19° 29′ 23.760″[1]
Redshift0.008836[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity2649 km/s[2]
Distance117.52 ± 6.11 Mly (36.033 ± 1.872 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)14.70[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.4[3]
Characteristics
TypeSdm:[2]
Size100,000 ly (31,000 pc)[4]
Apparent size (V)1.633′ × 0.490′[3]
Notable featuresLow-surface-brightness galaxy
Other designations
KPG 015A, MCG +03-03-002, PGC 2699, CGCG 458-004[3]

UGC 477[3] is a low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy, located in the Pisces constellation. It is located over 110 million light years away.[5] At around 100,000 light years across, it is similar in size to the Milky Way galaxy.[4] The earliest known reference to this galaxy comes from part 2 of the Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies, published in 1964, where it is listed as MCG +03-03-002.

According to I.D. Karachentsev, UGC 477 forms an isolated galaxy pair with NGC 251.[6]

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