What is GR 8 (galaxy)?
{{Infobox galaxy | name = GR 8 | image =GR 8 o PGC 44491.jpg | caption = GR8 (Gibson Reaves 8), galaxy in [[Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]] | epoch = [[J2000]] | constellation name = [[Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]] | ra = {{RA|12|58|40.4}} | dec = {{DEC|±14|13|03}} | appmag_v = 14.7 | type = ImV, [[dwarf galaxy]] | notes = With a lot of gas and one of the nearest galaxies to the [[Milky Way]] | names = Gibson Reaves 8, PGC 44491, UGC 8091, DDO 155, GR8 <ref>{{cite web|title = SIMBAD Extragalactic Dabatase. Results of UGC 8091 (GR 8)|url = http://simbad.harvard.edu/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=UGC+8091%submit=SIMBAD+search}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> }} '''GR 8''', or '''UGC 8091''', is a gas-rich [[dwarf galaxy]]. The NED [[database]] gives the distance between this galaxy and the [[Earth]] as about 7.9 million [[light year]]s. Although near the [[Milky Way]], it is not decided whether it is a member of the [[Local Group]].<ref>{{cite web|title = NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Dabatase|url = http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=UGC+8091}}</ref><ref>Tolstoy, Eline 1999. Detailed star-formation histories of nearby dwarf irregular galaxies using HST. In Patricia Whitelock and Russell Cannon (eds) ''The stellar content of Local Group galaxies''. Proceedings of the 192nd symposium of the International Astronomical Union. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p. 218.</ref> == Related pages == * [[Galaxy]] * [[Dwarf galaxy]] * [[Virgo (constellation)]] == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * {{WikiSky}} * [http://www.seds.org/spider/spider/LG/gr8.html Irregular Galaxy GR 8, the Footprint Galaxy] {{Break}} {{Sci-stub}} [[Category:Dwarf galaxies]]