NGC 4088 [SEP] constellation
NGC 4088
NGC 4088 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy forms a physical pair with NGC 4085, which is located 11′ away.
NGC 4088 is a grand design spiral galaxy. This means that the spiral arms in the galaxy's disk are sharply defined. In visible light, one of the spiral arms appears to have a disconnected segment. Halton Arp included this galaxy in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as one of several examples where this phenomenon occurs.
NGC 4088 and NGC 4085
Infrared Spectograph (IRS) on the Spitzer Space Telescope has detected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission.
NGC 3511 forms a pair with NGC 3513, which lies 10.5 arcminutes away from NGC 3511. The two galaxies form a small group, known as the NGC 3511 group, which also includes the galaxy ESO 502-024.
See also.
- NGC 4088 and NGC 2427 - two similar spiral galaxies
External links.
- NGC 3511 on SIMBAD