MCG+01-02-015 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is an example of a void galaxy,[4] and noted to be one of the loneliest galaxies spotted, with no other galaxy around 100 million light-years in all directions.[5]

MCG+01-02-015
Hubble Space Telescope image of MCG+01-02-015
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	00h 30m 28s[1]
Declination	+05° 51′ 40″[1]
Redshift	0.023640[2]
Helio radial velocity	7087 ± 18 km/s[2]
Distance	293 Mly (89.9 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	15.2[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB[3]
Other designations
MCG+01-02-015, LEDA 1852, 2MASX J00302865+0551405, UZC J003028.7+055140[1]

Observational history

MCG+01-02-015 was previously classified as an elliptical galaxy of class E2 although higher-resolution imaging has revealed it to be a barred spiral galaxy.[3]

Formation

It is theorised by many astrophysicists that void galaxies are the result of large galactic filaments being pulled on by the gravity of a neighboring super cluster out of the less densely populated areas, galaxies such as MCG+01-02-015 are left behind by events such as these.[6]

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