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Object name: UGC09764Designation(s): UGC09764, UGC 9764 aka PGC 54150 is a low surface brightness barred spiral. NED classifies it as SB(s)dm. Its arms seem to just fade away with traces going quite far east and west. Its distance seems as obscure as its size. Redshift puts it a bit over 100 million light-years away while Tully-Fisher says 120 to 320 million light-years. A rather large range. Using the closest distance it is still 92,000 light-years across measuring the obvious portion of the galaxy. Faint outer parts make it some 120,000 light-years or even larger. Considering this would make it over 300,000 light-years using the larger (and more modern) measurements I have to go with the closer distance and thus more reasonable size. It is located in Draco just under Ursa Minor. Related Designation(s):2MASS J15103819+6453550, 2MASS J15103847+6453525, 2MASX J15103817+6453550, 2MASXi J1510381+645355, CGCG 1509.8+6505, CGCG 318-019, CGCG 319-002, MCG +11-18-029, PGC 054150, UGC 09764, UGC09764, |