UGC 9618
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UGC 9618 is a galaxy in the constellation Boötes
. UGC 9618, also known as VV
340 or Arp 302 consists of a pair of very gas-rich spiral galaxies in their early stages of interaction. An enormous amount of infrared light is radiated by the gas from massive stars that are forming at a rate similar to the most vigorous giant star-forming regions in our own Milky Way. UGC 9618 is 450 million light-years away from Earth, and is the 302nd galaxy in Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.
The face-on northern spiral galaxy is known as MCG +04-35-019, UGC 9618N or UGC 9618B.
Boötes
Boötes is a constellation in the northern sky, located between 0° and +60° declination, and 13 and 16 hours of right ascension on the celestial sphere. The name comes from the Greek Βοώτης, Boōtēs, meaning herdsman or plowman...
. UGC 9618, also known as VV
Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov Interacting Galaxies
Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov Interacting Galaxies are those including in the Atlas and Catalogue of Interacting Galaxies, by B.A. Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov, R.I. Noskova and V.P. Arkhipova. it was published by the Astronomical Council of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR...
340 or Arp 302 consists of a pair of very gas-rich spiral galaxies in their early stages of interaction. An enormous amount of infrared light is radiated by the gas from massive stars that are forming at a rate similar to the most vigorous giant star-forming regions in our own Milky Way. UGC 9618 is 450 million light-years away from Earth, and is the 302nd galaxy in Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.
The face-on northern spiral galaxy is known as MCG +04-35-019, UGC 9618N or UGC 9618B.