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Galaxy in the constellation Virgo
NGC 4309 is a
lenticular galaxy located about 55 million
light-years away
[3] in the constellation
Virgo . The galaxy was discovered by astronomer
Christian Peters in 1881
[4] and is a member of the
Virgo Cluster .
[5]
[6]
NGC 4309 is classified as an
AGN
[7] and has undergone
ram-pressure stripping .
[8]
Globular clusters
Within a distance of 160,000
ly (50
kpc ) from NGC 4309 exists a population of 162
globular clusters that surround the galaxy.
[9]
See also
References
^ R. W. Sinnott, ed. (1988). The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer . Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
978-0-933346-51-2 .
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"NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database" . Results for NGC 4309 . Retrieved 2007-03-30 .
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"Your NED Search Results" . ned.ipac.caltech.edu . Retrieved 2019-09-01 .
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"New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4300 - 4349" . cseligman.com . Retrieved 2019-08-19 .
^ Binggeli, B.; Sandage, A.; Tammann, G. A. (1985-09-01). "Studies of the Virgo Cluster. II - A catalog of 2096 galaxies in the Virgo Cluster area". The Astronomical Journal . 90 : 1681–1759.
Bibcode :
1985AJ.....90.1681B .
doi :
10.1086/113874 .
ISSN
0004-6256 .
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"Detailed Object Classifications" . ned.ipac.caltech.edu . Retrieved 2019-09-01 .
^ Gavazzi, G.; Fumagalli, M.; Fossati, M.; Galardo, V.; Grossetti, F.; Boselli, A.; Giovanelli, R.; Haynes, M. P. (2013-05-01).
"Halpha3: an Halpha imaging survey of HI selected galaxies from ALFALFA. II. Star formation properties of galaxies in the Virgo cluster and surroundings" . Astronomy and Astrophysics . 553 : A89.
arXiv :
1303.2846 .
Bibcode :
2013A&A...553A..89G .
doi :
10.1051/0004-6361/201218789 .
ISSN
0004-6361 .
^ Köppen, J; Jáchym, P; Taylor, R; Palouš, J (2018-10-01). "Ram pressure stripping made easy: an analytical approach". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 479 (4): 4367–4390.
arXiv :
1806.05887 .
Bibcode :
2018MNRAS.479.4367K .
doi :
10.1093/mnras/sty1610 .
ISSN
0035-8711 .
S2CID
119245255 .
^ Zaritsky, Dennis; Aravena, Manuel;
Athanassoula, E. ; Bosma, Albert; Comerón, Sébastien; Elmegreen, Bruce G.; Erroz-Ferrer, Santiago; Gadotti, Dimitri A.; Hinz, Joannah L. (2015-01-27).
"Globular Cluster Populations: First Results from S4G Early-Type Galaxies" . The Astrophysical Journal . 799 (2): 159.
arXiv :
1411.4615 .
Bibcode :
2015ApJ...799..159Z .
doi :
10.1088/0004-637X/799/2/159 .
ISSN
1538-4357 .
External links
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