MRC 1138-262 - Wikipedia

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Spiderweb Galaxy
HST image of the Spiderweb Galaxy
Observation data (J2000.0 ^[1] epoch)
Constellation	Hydra
Right ascension	11^h 40^m 48.3^s ^[1]
Declination	−26° 29′ 09″ ^[1]
Redshift	2.156 ^[1]
Distance	10.6 billion light-years (light travel distance) ~18 billion light-years (present comoving distance)
Apparent magnitude (V)	22.00 ^[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)	18.04 ^[1]
Characteristics
Type	Irr-II
Other designations
Spiderweb Galaxy,^[1] MRC 1138-262,^[1] PKS 1138-26,^[1] PGC 2826829^[1]

The Spiderweb Galaxy (PGC 2826829, MRC 1138-262) is an irregular galaxy with a redshift of 2.156, which is 10.6 billion light years away. It has been recently^[when?] imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is formed from dozens of smaller galaxies that were seen in the process of merging through mutual gravitational attraction.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Spiderweb Galaxy". SIMBAD. Retrieved 2014-10-20.

External links

ESA, Flies in a spider’s web: galaxy caught in the making, 12 October 2006
SIMBAD, MRC_1138-262
MRC 1138-262 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

Constellation of Hydra

Stars

Bayer	α (Alphard) β γ δ ε (Ashlesha) ζ η θ ι (Ukdah) κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ (Minchir) τ¹ τ² υ¹ (Zhang) υ² φ¹ φ² φ³ χ¹ χ² ψ ω
Flamsteed	1 2 3 6 (a) 9 10 12 (D) 14 15 17 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 (P) 28 29 33 (A) 34 37 44 47 48 50 51 (k) 52 (l) 54 (m) 55 56 57 58 (E) 59 60 3 Crt (b¹) 5 Crt (b²) 6 Crt (b³) 10 Crt 17 Crt (N) 20 Crt 14 Lib 30 Mon (C) 31 Mon (F) 2 Sex
Variable	R U V W TW EX HS KU LQ V419 V421 V434 V478
HR	3378 3538 3749 (G) 3750 3858 (I) 3862 3919 3923 (Felis) 4162 4328 4339 4445 5265
HD	72659 74156 82943 86226 86264 90156
Gliese	328 357 433 453 3517 3634
Other	HE 1256-2738 HE 1327-2326 LHS 2065 LHS 3003 LTT 3780 2MASS 1114−2618 WASP-25 WASP-36 WASP-84 WISE 0855−0714

Star clusters

Open	Messier 48
Globular	Messier 68 NGC 5694

Nebulae

Planetary	Abell 33 Abell 35 NGC 3242

Galaxies

Messier	83
NGC	2617 2835 2865 2890 2936 2937 2992 3054 3081 3109 3285 3305 3307 3308 3309 3311 3312 3313 3314 3315 3316 3336 3369 3393 3402 3464 3585 3621 3717 3923 4980 4993 5078 5101 5135 5260 5264 5495
Other	AM 1316-241 Arp 7 ESO 510-G13 GAMA202627 IC 535 MRC 1138-262 Peekaboo Galaxy TN J0924-2201 Tololo 1247-232

Galaxy clusters

Abell	754 3411 3412
Other	Hickson 40

Astronomical events

GW170817

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