UGC 8837 (also known as Holmberg IV) is a dwarf galaxy located in the constellation of Ursa Major, 24 million light years away from Earth. It is a member of the M101 Group, a group containing several galaxies orbiting the largest, the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101). [1]
It is possible UGC 8837 is one of the galaxies that interacted with the Pinwheel Galaxy and, together with NGC 5474 and NGC 5477, initiated a burst of star formation. [2]
See also
- M101 Group, a group which UGC 8837 belongs
- Pinwheel Galaxy, the central and largest galaxy in M101 group
References
- ^ "The M101 group of galaxies". www.messier.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ Stoyan, Ronald; Binnewies, Stefan; Friedrich, Susanne (2008-10-27). Atlas of the Messier Objects: Highlights of the Deep Sky. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-47311-8.
External links
Media related to UGC 8837 at Wikimedia Commons
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