UGC 8091

UGC 8091
True-color reproduction of the HST WFPC2 image of the dI galaxy GR 8.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	12h 58m 40.4s[1]
Declination	+14° 13′ 03″[1]
Redshift	214 ± 0 km/s[1]
Distance	7.9 Mly (2.4 Mpc)
Type	ImV[1]
Apparent dimensions (V)	1′.1 × 1′.0[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.7[1]
Other designations
PGC 44491,[1] DDO 155,[1], GR 8[1], Imprint of a Foot[1]
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

UGC 8091 (also known as GR 8) is a gas-rich dwarf irregular galaxy.^[2] In 1995, Tolstoy et al. estimated its distance to be (with the Hipparcos correction of 1997 applied) ~7.9 Million light-years from Earth. There is still open question regarding if it is a member of the Local Group. It was discovered at the Lick Observatory using the 20-inch astrograph in either 1946, 1947, or 1951.

External links

• Irregular Galaxy GR 8: Footprint Galaxy
• DDO 155 picture (almost halfway down page)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for UGC 8091. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=UGC+8091#ObjNo1. Retrieved 2007-03-15. 
2. ^ Tolstoy, Eline (1999). "Detailed Star-Formation Histories of Nearby Dwarf Irregular Galaxies using HST". The stellar content of Local Group galaxies, Proceedings of the 192nd symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Cape Town, South Africa, 7-11 September 1998, Publisher: San Francisco, CA: Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), Edited by Patricia Whitelock and Russell Cannon, ISBN: 1886733821. 192: 218. Bibcode 1999IAUS..192..218T.