PGC 2046648

Spiral galaxy in the constellation Hercules

PGC 2046648

Observation data
Constellation	Hercules
Redshift	0.08562
Heliocentric radial velocity	25,651 km/s
Distance	1.2 Gly
Characteristics
Type	Sc(f)
Size	260,000 ly
Other designations
LEDA 2046648, 2MASX J16583507+3416309, SDSS J165835.03+341630.7

PGC 2046648 is a large spiral galaxy located 1.2 billion light-years away in the Hercules constellation.^[1]^[2]^[3] Its diameter is estimated 260,000 thousand light-years, meaning PGC 2046648 is much larger compared to the Milky Way.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
^ "PGC 2046648". simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
^ [email protected]. "A Spiral Amongst Thousands | ESA/Webb". esawebb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-17.

Constellation of Hercules

Stars

Bayer	α (Rasalgethi) β (Kornephoros) γ δ (Sarin) ε ζ η θ ι κ (Marsic) λ (Maasym) μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ¹ ψ² ω (Cujam)
Flamsteed	14 29 (h) 30 (g) 42 45 (l) 52 60 68 (u) 69 (e) 72 (w) 89 93 98 99 (b) 102 104 (A) 106 109 110 111 112 32 Oph
Variable	X AC AM BL DI DQ V446 V533 V772 V777 V838 V1674
HR	6669 6697 6806
HD	146389 (Irena) 147506 (Hunor) 149026 (Ogma) 152843 154345 155358 156668 164595 164922
Other	BD +17° 3248 Furuhjelm 46 GD 362 Gliese 623 Gliese 638 Gliese 649 Gliese 686 GJ 3991 HAT-P-14 (Franz) HAT-P-18 HAT-P-67 Hercules X-1 GSC 02620-00648 Ross 640 TrES-3 (Pipoltr) TOI-561 WASP-103 WISE 1738+2732 WISE 1741+2553

Exoplanets	14 Herculis b c HAT-P-14b (Sissi) HD 149026 b (Smertrios) HD 164922 b c TOI-561 b WASP-103b

Star clusters	Messier 13 Messier 92 NGC 6229 Palomar 14

Nebulae	Abell 39 NGC 6210

Galaxies

NGC	6028 6039 6040 6041 6042 6043 6044 6045 6046 6047 6052 6053 6054 6055 6056 6057 6061 6158 6166 6181 6207 6212 6239 6261 6263 6452 6560
Other	2MASX J16270254+4328340 3C 345 A2261-BCG Arp 272 (NGC 6050 and IC 1179) AT2018cow Hercules Dwarf Hercules A IC 4617 Markarian 501 MCG+07-33-027 PGC 2046648 PGC 2387685 QSR J1819+3845 UGC 11105