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PGC Objects 73000 to 73499

PGC 73049 (=
NGC 7793)

PGC 73057 (=
IC 1520 = Arp 50)

PGC 73066 (=
NGC 7792)

PGC 73103 (=
NGC 7794)

PGC 73125 (=
NGC 7797)

PGC 73126 (=
NGC 7796)

PGC 73163 (=
NGC 7798)

PGC 73195
A 15th-(B)magnitude spiral galaxy (type Scd?) in
Andromeda (RA 23 59 54.0, Dec +46 53 06)

Based on a recessional velocity of 5075 km/sec, PGC 73195 is about 225 million light years away. Given that and its apparent size of 1.4 by 0.9 arcmin, it is about 90 thousand light years across. The galaxy is listed as a member of WBL729, a group with an average recessional velocity of about 5020 km/sec which also includes IC 1525 and PGC 18. IC 1525 is also listed as a member of Local Galaxy Group 485, which includes PGC 2 and 676; so all five galaxies may be physically related. PGC 2, 18 and 73195 and IC 1525 (which see for a wide-field view of the four galaxies) are less than 30 arcmin apart, and if at nearly the same distance from us, may be within a region less than two million light years across; but PGC 676 is quite a bit further away, being about 2 1/2 degrees east of the other group members. In the images below, the reddish cast below and bluish cast above is due to poor color correction of the DSS mosaic; it is not a real difference in color.

Wikisky image of PGC 73195
Above, a 2.4 arcmin wide closeup of PGC 73195
Below, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on the galaxy; also shown is PGC 18
Wikisky image of PGC 73195

PGC 73242 (=
PGC 475 = Arp 51)
A 15th-(B)magnitude spiral galaxy (type SABb?) in Cetus (RA 00 06 16.7, Dec -13 26 53)

PGC 73256
A 17th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type S) in
Pisces (RA 00 07 44, Dec +08 23 37)
Apparent size 0.4 by 0.4 arcmins; nothing else available
SDSS image of PGC 73256
Above, a 2.4 arcmin wide closeup of PGC 73256
Below, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on the galaxy; also shown is NGC 4
(Other objects of note, if any, will be labeled at a future date)
SDSS image of region near PGC 73256
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