Arp 60

Arp 60, also known as LEDA 1762846, is a barred spiral galaxy^[1] located in Coma Berenices.^[2][3] It is located 958 million light-years from the Solar System^[4] and has an approximate diameter of 95,000 light-years.^[2]

Arp 60
Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of Arp 60
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	13h 14m 47.08s[1]
Declination	+26° 06′ 24.5″[1]
Redshift	0.071784
Heliocentric radial velocity	21,520 km/s
Distance	958 Mly (293.7 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	16.2
Characteristics
Type	SBbc[1]
Size	95,000 ly
Apparent size (V)	0.35 x 0.35
Other designations
LEDA 1762846, 2MASX J13144704+2606244, 2MASS J13144708+2606239, LQAC 198+026 015, SDSS J131447.07+260624.1, LOFAR J131447.07+260623.8, XMMSL1 J131447.7+260627

Companion galaxy

Arp 60 has one companion galaxy which is located east: SDSS J131446.02+260629.8 known as PGC 4538493.^[5] The galaxy is located 979 million light-years away and as such makes a galaxy pair with Arp 60.^[6] Together, they are part of the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies which was created by Halton Arp.^[7][8] In this category, they fall under the classification of Spiral Galaxies with Small, high surface brightness companions.^[9]