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NGC 4293
Partial image of NGC 4293 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data ( J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension12h 21m 12.891s [1]
Declination+18° 22′ 56.64″ [1]
Redshift0.002977 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity893 [3]
Distance54  Mly (16.5  Mpc) [4]
Group or cluster Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)10.4 [5]
Characteristics
Type(R)SB(s)0/a [6]
Apparent size (V)5.293′ × 1.800′ [1]
Other designations
2MASX J12211289+1822566, IRAS 12186+1839, LEDA 39907, UGC 7405, UZC J122112.6+182256, Z 99-23, VCC 460. [7]

NGC 4293 is a lenticular galaxy in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices. It was discovered by English astronomer William Herschel on March 14, 1784, who described it as "large, extended, resolvable, 6 or 7′ long". This galaxy is positioned to the north-northwest of the star 11 Comae Berenices and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. [5] It is assumed to lie at the same distance as the Virgo Cluster itself: around 54 million light years away. [4] The galaxy spans an apparent area of 5.3 × 3.1 arc minutes. [5]

The morphological classification of NGC 4293 is (R)SB(s)0/a, with the SB0/a indicating this has just distinguishable tightly wound spiral arms with a bar structure at the nucleus. An '(s)' notation means that this galaxy does not have a ring-like structure around the nucleus. [6] [8] Star formation within NGC 4293 is only taking place within a confined region at the center of the galaxy. [9] The outer stellar disk of the galaxy appears disturbed, suggesting some form of gravitational interaction. [10]

This is a common type of active galaxy known as a LINER, which means that the optical spectrum is dominated by emission lines from gases in low energy ionization states. The activity may be the result of a supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the nucleus that is undergoing a low rate of matter accretion. The estimated mass of such an SMBH is 5.9×107  M⊙. [11] Radio emission from thermal activity has been detected from the proximity of this object. [12]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Skrutskie, Michael F.; et al. (1 February 2006), "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)", The Astronomical Journal, 131 (2): 1163–1183, Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S, doi: 10.1086/498708, ISSN  0004-6256, S2CID  18913331.
  2. ^ Kochanek, C. S.; et al. (October 2001), "The K-Band Galaxy Luminosity Function", The Astrophysical Journal, 560 (2): 566–579, arXiv: astro-ph/0011456, Bibcode: 2001ApJ...560..566K, doi: 10.1086/322488, S2CID  119420446.
  3. ^ Crook, Aidan C.; et al. (February 2007), "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey", The Astrophysical Journal, 655 (2): 790–813, arXiv: astro-ph/0610732, Bibcode: 2007ApJ...655..790C, doi: 10.1086/510201, S2CID  11672751.
  4. ^ a b Cappellari, Michele; et al. (May 2011), "The ATLAS3D project - I. A volume-limited sample of 260 nearby early-type galaxies: science goals and selection criteria", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 413 (2): 813–836, arXiv: 1012.1551, Bibcode: 2011MNRAS.413..813C, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18174.x, S2CID  15391206.
  5. ^ a b c O'Meara, Stephen James (2011), Deep-Sky Companions: The Secret Deep, vol. 4, Cambridge University Press, pp. 230–231, ISBN  978-1-139-50007-4.
  6. ^ a b de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991), "Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies, version 9", The Astronomical Journal, 108: 2128, Bibcode: 1994AJ....108.2128C, doi: 10.1086/117225, retrieved 2015-11-25.
  7. ^ "NGC 4293". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  8. ^ Keel, William C. (January 2015), Galaxy Classification, University of Alabama, retrieved 2015-11-25.
  9. ^ Falcón-Barroso, J.; et al. (December 2009), "Galaxy Evolution: Emerging Insights and Future Challenges ASP Conference Series", in Jogee, S.; Marinova, I.; Hao, L.; et al. (eds.), Galactic Bulges: the SAURON Perspective, vol. 419, Society of the Pacific, 2009, p. 131, Bibcode: 2009ASPC..419..131F.
  10. ^ Cortés, J. R.; et al. (June 2006), "XI IAU Regional Latin American Meeting of Astronomy", in Infante, L.; Rubio, M. (eds.), Stellar and Ionized Gas Kinematics of Peculiar Virgo Cluster Galaxies, vol. 26, Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, p. 189, arXiv: astro-ph/0602627, Bibcode: 2006RMxAC..26Q.189C.
  11. ^ Chiaberge, Marco; et al. (June 2005), "The Hubble Space Telescope View of LINER Nuclei: Evidence for a Dual Population?", The Astrophysical Journal, 625 (2): 716–726, arXiv: astro-ph/0501461, Bibcode: 2005ApJ...625..716C, doi: 10.1086/429612, S2CID  6676560.
  12. ^ Filho, M. E.; Barthel, P. D.; Ho, L. C. (May 2006), "A radio census of nuclear activity in nearby galaxies", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 451 (1): 71–83, arXiv: astro-ph/0601080, Bibcode: 2006A&A...451...71F, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054510, S2CID  16640767.

External links

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