| NGC 4312 | |
|---|---|
SDSS image of NGC 4312. | |
| Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Right ascension | 12h 22m 31.3s [1] |
| Declination | 15° 32′ 17″ [1] |
| Redshift | 0.000510 [1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 153 km/s [1] |
| Distance | 55 Mly (17 Mpc) [2] |
| Group or cluster | Virgo Cluster |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.53 [1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA(rs)ab [1] |
| Size | ~59,000 ly (18 kpc) (estimated) [1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 4.6 x 1.1 [1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 07442, VCC 0559, PGC 040095, MCG +03-32-014 [1] | |
NGC 4312 is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy [3] located about 55 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on January 14, 1787. [4] NGC 4312 is a member of the Virgo Cluster [5] [6] [7] and is a LINER galaxy. [8]
It has undergone ram-pressure stripping in the past. [9]
Black Hole
NGC 4312 may harbor an intermediate-mass black hole with an estimated mass ranging from 10,000 (1*10^4) to 300,000 (3*10^5) solar masses. [10]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4312. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ a b Hughes, T. M.; Boissier, S.; Buat, V.; Ciesla, L.; Gavazzi, G.; Fossati, M.; Boselli, A. (2015-07-01). "Hα imaging of the Herschel Reference Survey - The star formation properties of a volume-limited, K-band-selected sample of nearby late-type galaxies". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 579: A102. arXiv: 1504.01876. Bibcode: 2015A&A...579A.102B. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201525712. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Buta, Ronald J.; Sheth, Kartik; Athanassoula, E.; Bosma, A.; Knapen, Johan H.; Laurikainen, Eija; Salo, Heikki; Elmegreen, Debra; Ho, Luis C. (2015-04-01). "A Classical Morphological Analysis of Galaxies in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G)". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 217 (2): 32. arXiv: 1501.00454. Bibcode: 2015ApJS..217...32B. doi: 10.1088/0067-0049/217/2/32. ISSN 0067-0049. S2CID 119202943.
- ^ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ Colpi, M.; Bonfanti, C.; Boselli, A.; Cortese, L.; Arosio, I.; Gavazzi, G.; Decarli, R. (2007-07-06). "The census of nuclear activity of late-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 381 (1): 136–150. arXiv: 0707.0999. Bibcode: 2007MNRAS.381..136D. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12208.x.
- ^ Palous, J.; Taylor, R.; Jachym, P.; Koppen, J. (2018-06-15). "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. S2CID 119245255.
- ^ Davis, Benjamin L.; Soria, Roberto; Graham, Alister W. (2019). "Expected intermediate mass black holes in the Virgo cluster. II. Late-type galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 484 (1): 814. arXiv: 1811.03232. Bibcode: 2019MNRAS.484..814G. doi: 10.1093/mnras/sty3068. S2CID 119303249.
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