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Object name: UGC09002Designation(s): UGC09002, UGC 9002 is a strange galaxy in southeast Bootes about 200 million light-years. Technically the UGC considers this a pair of galaxies though most papers refer to the northern galaxy as UGC 9002 and the southern by any of several designations. It does appear they are interacting. I'm going to consider the northern galaxy as UGC 9002 and the southern as MCG +02-36-035. NED classes UGC 9002 as a possible barred spiral. A note at NED says of this pair: "A complex late-type galaxy paired with an SB0. The late-type shows chaotic barred and spiral structure, suggesting that it may be a spiral galaxy that was disrupted in an extreme encounter/collision. The DIS interaction class also extends to the SB0, where faint outer extensions are seen on broadband images. The bar of the late-type member exhibits no H{alpha} emission consistent with the interpretation of this galaxy as a spiral, rather than an irregular of some kind. H{alpha} regions of modest intensity are spread throughout the spiral arms, with the strongest emission from the region between the two components. The SB0 shows a strong H II-class emission spectrum." I also found it listed in a paper on polar ring galaxies. The paper is behind a paywall so I don't know if it considers it a polar ring galaxy or not. My first impression was that of a polar ring but it could be a disrupted barred spiral as the note above indicates. In any case, it is a mess! Related Designation(s):2MASS J14045364+1243176, 2MASX J14045363+1243176, ASK 412969.0, CGCG 074-088, CGCG 1402.4+1258, ECO 04504, KPG 414A, MAPS-NGP O_500_0081607, MCG +02-36-034, NSA 070909, PGC 050210, SDSS J140453.71+124318.0, SDSS J140453.72+124318.1, SPRC 269, UGC 09002, UGC09002, UZC J140453.7+124319, VV 328a, [TTL2012] 028044, |