A very weak interacting galaxy, UGC 10214, is nicknamed the japanese galaxy and offers observers a real challenge to be identified. Credit: HST/STSCI
The universe is full of galaxies and many truly weak galaxies are interesting objects from an astrophysical point of view, but offer courtyard observers with amateur telescopes rather a challenge. This object is UGC 10214, the so -called Giullo galaxy in Draco. This barred spiral has a long tail of the material that transmits one of its ends, therefore the reason for the nickname. It is a strongly interrupted barrata spiral and the tail tail, which extends for 280,000 light years, shows irregular areas for the formation of stars.
This galaxy shines documently with size 14.4 and extends only 3.6 ‘of 0.8’, so a dark sky and a 10 or 12 -inch telescope is normally necessary to identify it. Of course, Astroimagers go much more easily with objects such demanding due to the ability to capture long exhibitions.
The galaxy of the Jinium is located about 400 million light years away and is classified with the morphological type of SB (S) C PEC, the last piece, “peculiar”, referring to its evident signs of interaction. Although its main designation comes from General Catalog of Uppsala galaxies also brings a number from the catalog of peculiar galaxies of Halton Arp, ARP 188.
What is happening with this strange object? Astronomes believe that a compact interacting galaxy crossed the tiring plane about 100 million years ago, extracting the long arm of light material. The intertwined galaxy is now visible behind the disc of the main galaxy (above the left of the main nucleus in the accompanying HST blow).
The galaxy of the Jinium produced two supernovae: SN 2007Cu (which reached the peak of magnitude 18.9) and SN 2008dq (which grew up to magnitude 18.3).
