UGC 2885

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UGC 2885

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'''UGC 2885''' ([[Vera Rubin|Rubin's]] Galaxy,{{cite web | url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200125.html | title=APOD: 2020 January 25 – Rubin's Galaxy }} nicknamed '''Godzilla galaxy'''{{cite web| url = https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/nasas-hubble-surveys-gigantic-galaxy| title = NASA's Hubble Surveys Gigantic Galaxy {{!}} NASA| date = 2 January 2020}} ) is a giant [[barred spiral galaxy|barred]] [[spiral galaxy]] of [[galaxy morphological classification|type]] ''SA(rs)c'' in the constellation [[Perseus (constellation)|Perseus]]. It is {{convert|84|Mpc|e6ly|sigfig=4|abbr=off|lk=on}} from Earth and measures {{convert|134.3|kpc|ly|sigfig=3|abbr=off}} across, making it one of the [[List of largest galaxies|largest known spiral galaxies]]. It is also a possible member of the [[Perseus–Pisces Supercluster]].{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbase.com/image/120255132|title=UGC 2885 by jshuder|access-date=2018-05-17}}
'''UGC 2885''', '''[[Vera Rubin|Rubin's]] Galaxy''',{{cite web | url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200125.html | title=APOD: 2020 January 25 – Rubin's Galaxy }} or the '''Godzilla galaxy'''{{cite web| url = https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/nasas-hubble-surveys-gigantic-galaxy| title = NASA's Hubble Surveys Gigantic Galaxy {{!}} NASA| date = 2 January 2020}} is a giant [[barred spiral galaxy|barred]] [[spiral galaxy]] of [[galaxy morphological classification|type]] ''SA(rs)c'' in the constellation [[Perseus (constellation)|Perseus]]. It is {{convert|84|Mpc|e6ly|sigfig=4|abbr=off|lk=on}} from Earth and measures {{convert|134.3|kpc|ly|sigfig=3|abbr=off}} across, making it one of the [[List of largest galaxies|largest known spiral galaxies]]. It is also a possible member of the [[Perseus–Pisces Supercluster]].{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbase.com/image/120255132|title=UGC 2885 by jshuder|access-date=2018-05-17}}


UGC 2885 is a [[spiral galaxy]] with a relatively [[low surface brightness galaxy|low surface brightness]],{{cite journal|doi=10.1086/163174 |title=H I observations of supermassive spiral galaxies |date=1985 |last1=Lewis |first1=B. M. |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=292 |page=451 |bibcode=1985ApJ...292..451L }} but does not have as low of a surface brightness as other so-called giant low surface brightness galaxies.{{cite journal|doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202450916 |title=A multi-wavelength overview of the giant spiral UGC 2885 |date=2024 |last1=Carvalho |first1=Matheus C. |last2=Naguleswaran |first2=Bavithra |last3=Barmby |first3=Pauline |last4=Gorski |first4=Mark |last5=Köenig |first5=Sabine |last6=Holwerda |first6=Benne |last7=Young |first7=Jason |journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics |volume=692 |pages=A105 |arxiv=2410.16467 |bibcode=2024A&A...692A.105C }}
UGC 2885 is a [[spiral galaxy]] with a relatively [[low surface brightness galaxy|low surface brightness]],{{cite journal|doi=10.1086/163174 |title=H I observations of supermassive spiral galaxies |date=1985 |last1=Lewis |first1=B. M. |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=292 |page=451 |bibcode=1985ApJ...292..451L }} but does not have as low of a surface brightness as other so-called giant low surface brightness galaxies.{{cite journal|doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202450916 |title=A multi-wavelength overview of the giant spiral UGC 2885 |date=2024 |last1=Carvalho |first1=Matheus C. |last2=Naguleswaran |first2=Bavithra |last3=Barmby |first3=Pauline |last4=Gorski |first4=Mark |last5=Köenig |first5=Sabine |last6=Holwerda |first6=Benne |last7=Young |first7=Jason |journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics |volume=692 |pages=A105 |arxiv=2410.16467 |bibcode=2024A&A...692A.105C }}
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