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.
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ISOHDFS 27 | |
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![]() ISOHDFS 27 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Tucana |
Right ascension | 22h 32m 47.7s |
Declination | −60° 33′ 35.9″ |
Redshift | 0.5807±0.0003 |
Helio radial velocity | 174,090 km/s (108,170 mi/s) |
Galactocentric velocity | 174,009 km/s (108,124 mi/s) |
Distance | 6 billion ly (1.8 billion pc) (light travel distance) 7 billion ly (2.1 billion pc) (comoving distance) |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 20.51 |
Characteristics | |
Type | Sab |
Mass | 1.04×1012 M☉ |
Size | 130,000 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 |
Constellation of Tucana | |||||||||||
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