Arp 60
{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices}}
{{Infobox galaxy|name=Arp 60
|image=File:PGC1762846 - SDSS DR14.jpg|caption=Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of Arp 60
|constellation name=Coma Berenices
|epoch=J2000
|z=0.071784
|h_radial_v=21,520 km/s|dist_ly=958 Mly (293.7 Mpc)|appmag_v=16.2|type=SBbc|size=95,000 ly|size_v=0.35 x 0.35|names=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}}
Arp 60, also known as LEDA 1762846, is a barred spiral galaxy{{Cite web |title=HyperLeda -object description |url=http://atlas.obs-hp.fr/hyperleda/ledacat.cgi?o=PGC%201762846 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=atlas.obs-hp.fr}} located in Coma Berenices.{{Cite web |title=Miscellaneous Principal Galaxy Catalog (PGC) Objects |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/pgc1x.htm#pgc1762846 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=cseligman.com}}{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=Dominic |title=Arp 60 (Galaxy cluster) |url=https://in-the-sky.org//data/object.php?id=Arp_60 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=In-The-Sky.org |language=en}} It is located 958 million light-years from the Solar System{{Cite web |title=Your NED Search Results |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=639748&objname=1&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}} and has an approximate diameter of 95,000 light-years.
Companion galaxy
Arp 60 has one companion galaxy which is located east: SDSS J131446.02+260629.8 known as PGC 4538493.{{Cite web |title=HyperLeda -object description for SDSS J131446.02+260629.8 |url=http://atlas.obs-hp.fr/hyperleda/ledacat.cgi?o=SDSS%20J131446.02+260629.8 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=atlas.obs-hp.fr}} The galaxy is located 979 million light-years away and as such makes a galaxy pair with Arp 60.{{Cite web |title=Mantrap Skies Astronomical Image Catalog: ARP060 |url=https://images.mantrapskies.com/catalog/ARP-GALAXIES/ARP060-ARP196/index.htm |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=images.mantrapskies.com}} Together, they are part of the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies which was created by Halton Arp.{{Cite web |title=ARP Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/Arp15.html |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}}{{Cite journal |last=Arp |first=Halton |date=1966-11-01 |title=Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1966ApJS...14....1A |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series |volume=14 |pages=1 |doi=10.1086/190147 |bibcode=1966ApJS...14....1A |issn=0067-0049}} In this category, they fall under the classification of Spiral Galaxies with Small, high surface brightness companions.{{Cite web |last=Iovene | first=Salvatore | title=Arp 60 (with Arp 196) | url=https://www.astrobin.com/fl0g67/ | access-date=2024-05-05 | website=AstroBin |language=en}}