IRAS 17208-0014

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IRAS 17208-0014
IRAS 17208-0014 SDSS.jpg
SDSS image of IRAS 17208-0014.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Ophiuchus
Right ascension 17h 23m 21.951s [1]
Declination −00° 17′ 00.74″ [1]
Redshift 0.042810 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 12,824 km/s [1]
Distance 617 Mly
Apparent magnitude  (B)15.1
Characteristics
Type LINER [1]
Size~113,700  ly (34.86  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Notable featuresUltraluminous inflared galaxy
Other designations
NSA 147958, PGC 60189, C-GOALS 32, NVSS J172321-001702, PMN J1723-0016 [1]

IRAS 17208-0014 is an ultraluminous infrared galaxy located about 617 million light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Ophiuchus. [1] This is a well-studied galaxy hosting an hydroxyl (OH) megamaser, [2] first discovered by the Nancay radio telescope in 1985. [3] The redshift of the galaxy is (z) 0.0428 and it has a total infrared luminosity of 1012.4 Lʘ. [4]

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Description

IRAS 17208-0014 is categorized an advanced galaxy merger, a result of two disk galaxies colliding with one another. It is known to display two tidal tails that are protruding out from the galaxy by 20 kiloparsecs with a distorted central body. [5] [6] The outer disk of the galaxy is disturbed and it has an extended nucleus when shown in near-infrared imaging bands, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS camera. [7] The nucleus of the galaxy is compact and elongated along the position angle of 90° to 110°. [8] It is surrounded by both absorption features and condensations. [9] Observations also showed it has a buried active galactic nucleus (AGN) in the western disk of the galaxy. [4] The galaxy has a supermassive black hole located in the center, with a mass of 2.3 x 108 Mʘ based on a stellar velocity dispersion. [10]

IRAS 17208-0014 is described as a LINER. It has an X-ray luminosity measured as 1 x 1042 erg s-1 when observed by BeppoSAX. [11] There are several star clusters located within the inner region of the galaxy, said to be proto globular systems. [5] The galaxy is powered by intense starbursts with a star formation of 84 ± 13 Mʘ per year; fueled by a molecular gas reservoir. [12] [13] Carbon monoxide line emission was also detected mainly originating from a molecular disk, found as spatially resolved and measuring a diameter of 2.7 x 1.8 kiloparsecs. [14] [15] There is also evidence of a detached clump and three faint protrusions pushing the disk's emission out to 1.8 kiloparsecs. The mass of the molecular gas outflow is estimated to be 2 x 108 Mʘ. [15]

Three nuclear regions have been identified in IRAS 17208-0014, found aligned in a linear pattern along east to west. When imaged by matched resolution at 15 and 33 GHz frequencies by Very Large Array, they are combined into a larger region. [16] A deep study on the OH megamaser in IRAS 17208-0014 showed it having an area of around 170 x 110 parsecs in diameter and mainly found in two dominant regions. [17] The galaxy also shows HCO+ emission. [18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Results for IRAS 17208-0014". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  2. ↑ Martin, J. M.; Bottinelli, L.; Dennefeld, M.; Gouguenheim, L.; Le Squeren, A. M. (January 1989). "A detailed study of the OH megamaser galay IRAS 17208-0014". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 208: 39–46. Bibcode:1989A&A...208...39M. ISSN   0004-6361.
  3. ↑ Bottinelli, L.; Gouguenheim, L.; Le Squeren, A. M.; Dennefeld, M.; Paturel, G. (September 1985). "IRAS 17208-0014". International Astronomical Union Circular (4106): 2. Bibcode:1985IAUC.4106....2B. ISSN   0081-0304.
  4. 1 2 Baba, Shunsuke; Imanishi, Masatoshi; Izumi, Takuma; Kawamuro, Taiki; Nguyen, Dieu D.; Nakagawa, Takao; Isobe, Naoki; Onishi, Shusuke; Matsumoto, Kosei (April 2022). "The Extremely Buried Nucleus of IRAS 17208–0014 Observed at Submillimeter and Near-infrared Wavelengths". The Astrophysical Journal. 928 (2): 184. arXiv: 2202.11105 . Bibcode:2022ApJ...928..184B. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac57c2 . ISSN   0004-637X.
  5. 1 2 Jogee, S.; Reddy, N.; Scoville, N. Z. (2003). "IRAS 17208: An Advanced Merger with a Gas-Rich Starburst Evolving towards an Eliptical Galaxy?". Active Galactic Nuclei: From Central Engine to Host Galaxy. 290: 513. Bibcode:2003ASPC..290..513J. ISSN   1050-3390.
  6. ↑ Murphy, T. W.; Armus, L.; Matthews, K.; Soifer, B. T.; Mazzarella, J. M.; Shupe, D. L.; Strauss, M. A.; Neugebauer, G. (March 1996). "Visual and Near-Infrared Imaging of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies: The IRAS 2 Jy Sample". The Astronomical Journal. 111: 1025. Bibcode:1996AJ....111.1025M. doi:10.1086/117849. ISSN   0004-6256.
  7. ↑ Scoville, N. Z.; Evans, A. S.; Thompson, R.; Rieke, M.; Hines, D. C.; Low, F. J.; Dinshaw, N.; Surace, J. A.; Armus, L. (March 2000). "NICMOS Imaging of Infrared-Luminous Galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 119 (3): 991–1061. arXiv: astro-ph/9912246 . Bibcode:2000AJ....119..991S. doi:10.1086/301248. ISSN   0004-6256.
  8. ↑ Genzel, R.; Tacconi, L. J.; Rigopoulou, D.; Lutz, D.; Tecza, M. (2001-12-20). "Ultraluminous Infrared Mergers: Elliptical Galaxies in Formation?". The Astrophysical Journal. 563 (2): 527–545. arXiv: astro-ph/0106032 . Bibcode:2001ApJ...563..527G. doi:10.1086/323772. ISSN   0004-637X.
  9. ↑ Duc, P.-A.; Mirabel, I. F.; Maza, J. (September 1997). "Southern ultraluminous infrared galaxies: an optical and infrared database" (PDF). Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 124 (3): 533–557. Bibcode:1997A&AS..124..533D. doi:10.1051/aas:1997205. ISSN   0365-0138.
  10. ↑ Arribas, Santiago; Colina, Luis (2003-07-10). "INTEGRAL Spectroscopy of IRAS 17208−0014: Implications for the Evolutionary Scenarios of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal. 591 (2): 791–800. arXiv: astro-ph/0304138 . Bibcode:2003ApJ...591..791A. doi:10.1086/375417. hdl:10261/199251. ISSN   0004-637X.
  11. ↑ González-Martín, O.; Masegosa, J.; Márquez, I.; Guerrero, M. A.; Dultzin-Hacyan, D. (December 2006). "X-ray nature of the LINER nuclear sources". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 460 (1): 45–57. arXiv: astro-ph/0605629 . Bibcode:2006A&A...460...45G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20054756. ISSN   0004-6361.
  12. ↑ Momjian, Emmanuel; Romney, Jonathan D.; Carilli, Christopher L.; Troland, Thomas H.; Taylor, Gregory B. (2003-04-10). "Very Long Baseline Array Continuum and H I Absorption Observations of the Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy IRAS 17208−0014". The Astrophysical Journal. 587 (1): 160–170. arXiv: astro-ph/0212091 . Bibcode:2003ApJ...587..160M. doi:10.1086/367722. ISSN   0004-637X.
  13. ↑ Wilson, Christine D.; Petitpas, Glen R.; Iono, Daisuke; Baker, Andrew J.; Peck, Alison B.; Krips, Melanie; Warren, Bradley; Golding, Jennifer; Atkinson, Adam; Armus, Lee; Cox, T. J.; Ho, Paul; Juvela, Mika; Matsushita, Satoki; Mihos, J. Christopher (October 2008). "Luminous Infrared Galaxies with the Submillimeter Array. I. Survey Overview and the Central Gas to Dust Ratio". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 178 (2): 189–224. arXiv: 0806.3002 . Bibcode:2008ApJS..178..189W. doi:10.1086/590910. ISSN   0067-0049.
  14. ↑ Planesas, P.; Mirabel, I. F.; Sanders, D. B. (1991-03-20). "High-resolution CO observations of luminous infrared galaxies with large L(ir)/L(B) ratios - IRAS 10173 + 0828, Zw 049.057, IRAS 17208 - 0014" . Astrophysical Journal, Part 1. 370: 172. Bibcode:1991ApJ...370..172P. doi:10.1086/169801. ISSN   0004-637X.
  15. 1 2 García-Burillo, S.; Combes, F.; Usero, A.; Aalto, S.; Colina, L.; Alonso-Herrero, A.; Hunt, L. K.; Arribas, S.; Costagliola, F.; Labiano, A.; Neri, R.; Pereira-Santaella, M.; Tacconi, L. J.; van der Werf, P. P. (2015-07-23). "High-resolution imaging of the molecular outflows in two mergers: IRAS 17208-0014 and NGC 1614" (PDF). Astronomy & Astrophysics. 580: A35. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201526133. ISSN   0004-6361.
  16. ↑ Song, Y.; Linden, S. T.; Evans, A. S.; Barcos-Muñoz, L.; Murphy, E. J.; Momjian, E.; Díaz-Santos, T.; Larson, K. L.; Privon, G. C.; Huang, X.; Armus, L.; Mazzarella, J. M.; U, V.; Inami, H.; Charmandaris, V. (2022-11-01). "Characterizing Compact 15–33 GHz Radio Continuum Sources in Local U/LIRGs". The Astrophysical Journal. 940 (1): 52. arXiv: 2209.04002 . Bibcode:2022ApJ...940...52S. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac923b . ISSN   0004-637X.
  17. ↑ Momjian, E.; Romney, J. D.; Carilli, C. L.; Troland, T. H. (2006-08-29), "Sensitive Very Long Baseline Interferometry Studies of the OH Megamaser Emission from IRAS 17208−0014", The Astrophysical Journal, 653 (2): 1172–1179, arXiv: astro-ph/0608629 , Bibcode:2006ApJ...653.1172M, doi:10.1086/508699, arXiv:astro-ph/0608629
  18. ↑ Imanishi, Masatoshi; Nakanishi, Kouichiro; Kohno, Kotaro (June 2006). "Millimeter Interferometric Investigations of the Energy Sources of Three Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies, UGC 5101, Markarian 273, and IRAS 17208-0014, Based on HCN-to-HCO+Ratios". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (6): 2888–2899. arXiv: astro-ph/0602227 . Bibcode:2006AJ....131.2888I. doi:10.1086/503527. ISSN   0004-6256.
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