ISOHDFS 27

ISOHDFS 27 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Tucana, and was discovered in the Hubble Deep Field South survey. It is the most massive spiral galaxy found in the survey, measuring 130,000 light-years (40,000 parsecs) in diameter. It is located approximately 6 billion light-years (1.8 billion parsecs) from Earth and has a mass of 1.04×1012 solar masses (M☉), about four times as massive as the Milky Way.

ISOHDFS 27
ISOHDFS 27 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTucana
Right ascension22h 32m 47.7s
Declination−60° 33′ 35.9″
Redshift0.5807±0.0003
Helio radial velocity174,090 km/s (108,170 mi/s)
Galactocentric velocity174,009 km/s (108,124 mi/s)
Distance6 billion ly (1.8 billion pc) (light travel distance)
7 billion ly (2.1 billion pc)
(comoving distance)
Apparent magnitude (V)20.51
Characteristics
TypeSab/Sbc
Mass1.04×1012 M☉
Size130,000 ly (40,000 pc)
Apparent size (V)0.07 × 0.07
Other designations
HDFS J223247.66-603335.9, LFR2003 193, SB-WF 3572-1508, CDD2000 1670

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