UGC 2140 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Aries. It was thought to be a compact group of galaxies, catalogued as HCG 18, but in 1999 the object was found to be a single galaxy with multiple star-forming regions.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for UGC 02140. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b Plana, H.; Amram, P.; de Oliveira, C. Mendes; Balkowski, C. (2000). "Kinematics and Morphology of Ionized Gas in Hickson Compact Group 18". The Astronomical Journal. 120 (2): 621–629. arXiv:astro-ph/0004358. Bibcode:2000AJ....120..621P. doi:10.1086/301506. S2CID 51747713.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UGC_2140
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