Based on a recessional velocity of 5465 km/sec, PGC 70095 is about 250 million light years away. Given that and its apparent size of 1.4 by 0.8 arcmin, it is about 105 thousand light years across. Used by the de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxy Types as an example of galaxy type (R1'R2')SAB(rs)a.
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