Arp 271

{{Short description|Interacting galaxies in the constellation Virgo}}

{{ Infobox Galaxy

| image = Arp 271.tif

| caption=NGC 5426 (bottom left) and NGC 5427 (top right)

| name = Arp 271

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|14|03|25.5}}{{cite web

| title=SIMBAD Astronomical Database

| work=Results for Arp 271

| url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Arp+271

| access-date=2018-05-22}}

| dec = {{DEC|-06|02|59}}

| dist_ly = 127 million light-years (39 Mpc)

| appmag_v = 11.4{{cite web

| title=The Interactive NGC Catalog Online

| work=Results for NGC 5427

| url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?5427

| access-date=2010-09-22}}

| size_v = 2.5

| constellation name = Virgo

| type = SA(s)c pec{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%205426&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 5426 (NGC 5426)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2021-02-18}} (NGC 5426)
SA(s)c pec{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%205427&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 5427 (NGC 5427)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2021-02-18}} (NGC 5427)

| radius_ly =

| absmag_v =

| notes =

| names = NGC 5426 & NGC 5427, LEDA 50084, VV 21a, [VV2000c] J140325.9-060150, AGC 540006, 2MASX J14032604-0601509, VV 21, [VV2003c] J140325.9-060150, APG 271, MCG-01-36-003, [CHM2007] LDC 1026 J140326.04-0601509, [VV2006c] J140325.9-060150, 6dFGS gJ140326.1-060151, NVSS J140326-060149, [CHM2007] HDC 850 J140326.04-0601509, [VV98c] J140325.9-060150, IRAS 14008-0547, UGCA 380, UGCA 381 [HB91] 1400-057.

}}

Arp 271 is a pair of similarly sized interacting spiral galaxies, NGC 5426 and NGC 5427, in the constellation of Virgo. It is not certain whether the galaxies are going to eventually collide or not. They will continue interacting for tens of millions of years, creating new stars as a result of the mutual gravitational attraction between the galaxies, a pull seen in the bridge of stars already connecting the two. Located about 130 million light-years away, the Arp 271 pair is about 130,000 light-years across. It was originally discovered in 1785 by William Herschel. It is speculated,{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-collide.html|title = NASA's Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-On Collision|date = 15 March 2021}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mp4/654254main_v1220j_H264l.mp4 |title=NASA |access-date=2013-11-28 |archive-date=2020-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112001135/http://www.nasa.gov/mp4/654254main_v1220j_H264l.mp4 |url-status=dead }} that the Milky Way will undergo a similar collision in about five billion years with the neighbouring Andromeda Galaxy, which is currently located about 2.6 million light-years away.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1035a/|title=Arp 271 — galaxies drawn together}}