Astronomy:NGC 4451

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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo
NGC 4451
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Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4451
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension 12h 28m 40.558s[1]
Declination09° 15′ 32.13″[1]
Redshift0.002882[2]
Helio radial velocity862[3]
Distance85.0 Mly (26.06 Mpc)[4]
Group or clusterVirgo cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)13.29[2]
Characteristics
TypeSA(rs)cd[5]
Mass8.2+8.2
−3.1
[4] M
Apparent size (V)1.5′ × 1.0′[2]
Half-light radius (apparent)11.86″[6]
Other designations
NGC 4451, UGC 7600, MCG+02-32-079, PGC 41050[7]

NGC 4451 is a spiral galaxy in the equatorial Virgo constellation. It was discovered at the Copenhagen Observatory on March 19, 1865, by Heinrich d'Arrest, who used an 11" refractor telescope.[8] The galaxy is located at a distance of 85[4] million light years and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 862 km/s.[3] It is a member of the Virgo cluster of galaxies.[6]

In March 1985, Shigo Horiguchi in Japan[9] discovered a Type II-P supernova[10] in this galaxy. Designated SN 1985G, it was positioned 2″ west and 5″ north of the galaxy center.[9] The progenitor was estimated to have a mass of 21.7+4.4
−0.5
 M
and was 8.65+0.14
−1.34
[10] million years old.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4451. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=30637&objname=1&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Tully, R. Brent et al. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal 152 (2): 21. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50. Bibcode2016AJ....152...50T. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lianou, S. et al. (November 2019). "Dust properties and star formation of approximately a thousand local galaxies". Astronomy & Astrophysics 631: 19. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834553. A38. Bibcode2019A&A...631A..38L. 
  5. Buta, Ronald J. (September 2019). "The systematics of galaxy morphology in the comprehensive de Vaucouleurs revised Hubble-Sandage classification system: application to the EFIGI sample". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 488 (1): 590–608. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz1693. Bibcode2019MNRAS.488..590B. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Kim, Suk et al. (December 2014). "The Extended Virgo Cluster Catalog". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement 215 (2): 29. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/215/2/22. 22. Bibcode2014ApJS..215...22K. 
  7. "NGC 4451". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+4451. 
  8. "Heinrich Ludwig [Louis d'Arrest"]. http://www.klima-luft.de/steinicke/ngcic/persons/d-arrest.htm. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Kozai, H.; Horiguchi, S. (March 1985). Green, D. W. E.. ed. "Supernova 1985G". IAU Circular 4049 (1): 1. Bibcode1985IAUC.4049....1K. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 Kuncarayakti, H. et al. (May 2018). "Constraints on core-collapse supernova progenitors from explosion site integral field spectroscopy". Astronomy & Astrophysics 613: 18. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201731923. A35. Bibcode2018A&A...613A..35K. 

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