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. Carnegie Atlas of Galaxies, A. Sandage, J. Bedke, , , Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1994, ISBN 0-87279-667-1

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Disk Structure

Galaxy group information

External links

References

Disk Structure

NGC 4088 is a grand design spiral galaxy.^[1] 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.^[2]

Galaxy group information

NGC 4088 and NGC 4085 are members of the M109 Group, a group of galaxies located in the constellation Ursa Major. This large group contains between 41 and 58 galaxies, including the spiral galaxy M109.^[3][4][5]

External links

★ 'WIKISKY.ORG': SDSS image, NGC 4088

References

1. Arm classifications for spiral galaxies, D. M. Elmegreen, B. G. Elmegreen, , , Astrophysical Journal, 1987
2. Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, H. Arp, , , Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 1966
3. Nearby Galaxies Catalog, R. B. Tully, , , Cambridge University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-521-35299-1
4. General study of group membership. II - Determination of nearby groups, A. Garcia, , , Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, 1993
5. Nearby Optical Galaxies: Selection of the Sample and Identification of Groups, G. Giuricin, C. Marinoni, L. Ceriani, A. Pisani, , , Astrophysical Journal, 2000