IC 3370

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IC 3370
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The elliptical galaxy IC 3370
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Centaurus
Right ascension 12h 27m 37.3283s [1]
Declination −39° 20′ 15.985″ [1]
Redshift 0.009773 ± 0.000080 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 2,930 km/s [1]
Distance 156 Mly (47.61 ± 3.37 Mpc) [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)10.9
Apparent magnitude  (B)11.9
Characteristics
Type E2-3 [1]
Size68.08 kiloparsecs (222,000 light-years)
(diameter; 2MASS K-band total isophote) [1]
Other designations
ESO 322-G014, PGC 40887, IRAS F12249-3903, AM 1224-390, MCG -06-27-029 [1]

IC 3370 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation of Centaurus. It is located 156 million light-years from Earth. [1] It was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on 30 January 1898. [2] [3] According to the SIMBAD database, IC 3370 is said to be a LINER galaxy but also a Seyfert type 2 galaxy. [4] The luminosity of the galaxy is estimated to have a B magnitude of -22.3, similar to other elliptical galaxies. [5]

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Description

IC 3370 is classified as an E2-E3 elliptical galaxy with a bright nucleus. [6] The galaxy has a box-shaped appearance similar to LEDA 74886, [7] [8] although some studies classified it as a peculiar lenticular galaxy (S0pec). [6] It has isophotal twisting in its galactic bulge to a significant extent between 0 and 70 arcseconds, indicating the galaxy might have gone through a tidal-encounter or a galaxy merger. [9] There are also dust patches covering most of the nuclear regions in the galaxy with signatures of X-ray isotopes and cylindrical rotation. [10] [7] [11] The inner disk of the galaxy is shown to be rotating at speeds of 100 km s−1. [8] It has a dust lane running through the galaxy's central region. [12]

NGC 4696 group

According to A. M. Garcia, IC 3370 belongs to the 79-member NGC 4696 galaxy group (also known as LGG 298). Some of the other members in the group include NGC 4373, NGC 4499, NGC 4507, NGC 4553, NGC 4743, NGC 4744, NGC 4767, NGC 4811, NGC 4812 and NGC 4832. [13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Results for the object IC 3370". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
  2. ↑ "Index Catalog Objects: IC 3350 - 3399". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
  3. ↑ Swift, L. (1898). "Catalogue No. 11 of Nebulae". Astronomische Nachrichten. 147 (13): 209. Bibcode:1898AN....147..209S. doi:10.1002/asna.18981471302.
  4. ↑ "IC 3370". simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
  5. ↑ Jarvis, B. (1987-09-01). "IC 3370 - A box-shaped elliptical or SO galaxy?". The Messenger. 49: 15–18. ISSN   0722-6691.
  6. 1 2 Samurović, S.; Danziger, I. J. (November 2005). "Dark matter in early-type galaxies: dynamical modelling of IC 1459, IC 3370, NGC 3379 and NGC 4105". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 363 (3): 769–800. arXiv: astro-ph/0508263 . doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09479.x. ISSN   0035-8711.
  7. 1 2 van Driel, W.; Arnaboldi, M.; Combes, F.; Sparke, L. S. (February 2000). "A neutral hydrogen survey of polar ring galaxies - III. Nançay observations and comparison with published data" (PDF). Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 141 (3): 385–408. doi:10.1051/aas:2000321. ISSN   0365-0138.
  8. 1 2 Graham, Alister W.; Spitler, Lee R.; Forbes, Duncan A.; Lisker, Thorsten; Moore, Ben; Janz, Joachim (2012-04-24). "LEDA 074886: A Remarkable Rectangular-Looking Galaxy". The Astrophysical Journal. 750 (2): 121. arXiv: 1203.3608 . doi:10.1088/0004-637x/750/2/121. ISSN   0004-637X.
  9. ↑ Jarvis, Brian (1987-07-01). "The Unusual Box-Shaped (?) Elliptical Galaxy IC 3370". The Astronomical Journal. 94: 30. doi:10.1086/114444. ISSN   0004-6256.
  10. ↑ Capetti, A.; Balmaverde, B. (2005-08-19). "The host galaxy/AGN connection in nearby early-type galaxies - Sample selection and hosts brightness profiles". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 440 (1): 73–84. arXiv: astro-ph/0509448 . doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053113. ISSN   0004-6361.
  11. ↑ Richter, O.-G.; Sackett, P. D.; Sparke, L. S. (January 1994). "A neutral hydrogen survey of polar-ring galaxies, 1: Green Bank observations of the northern sample". The Astronomical Journal. 107: 99. arXiv: astro-ph/9308023 . doi:10.1086/116837. ISSN   0004-6256.
  12. ↑ Goudfrooij, P.; Hansen, L.; Jorgensen, H. E.; Norgaard-Nielsen, H. U. (1994-06-01). "Interstellar matter in Shapley-Ames elliptical galaxies. II. The distribution of dust and ionized gas". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 105: 341–383. ISSN   0365-0138.
  13. ↑ Garcia, A. M. (1993-07-01). "General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 100: 47–90. ISSN   0365-0138.
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