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UGC 2885

A giant barred spiral galaxy in Perseus, one of the largest known.

UGC 2885, also known as Rubin's Galaxy or the Godzilla galaxy, is a giant barred spiral galaxy of type SA(rs)c in Perseus. At 84 Mpc from Earth and 134.3 kpc across, it is one of the largest known spiral galaxies and a possible member of the Perseus–Pisces Supercluster. Despite being a field galaxy remarkably isolated from others, it possesses a small bar across its core ring, a feature thought to require gravitational perturbations from neighboring galaxies.

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Constellation
Perseus
Mass
2 trillion

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