NGC 1132

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NGC 1132
NGC 1132- A Mysterious Elliptical Galaxy (An elliptical galaxy at a distance of about 300 million light years.) (2940658547).jpg
A visible light image of NGS1132 with X-ray emission superimposed (rendered in blue)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Eridanus
Right ascension 02h 52m 51.82s [1]
Declination −01° 16′ 29.0″ [1]
Redshift 6871 km/s [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 0.023189 [2]
Distance 263.9  Mly (80.91  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)13.9 [2]
Characteristics
Type E [2]
Other designations
UGC 2359, MCG +00-08-040, PGC 10891 [2]

NGC 1132 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Eridanus. [4] The galaxy was discovered by John Herschel on November 23, 1827. [5] It is located at a distance of about 318 million light-years away from Earth. [6]

NGC 1132 and nearby small galaxies are known as a "fossil group" that resulted from the merger of a group of galaxies. [4] It is the prototype example of the class of fossil galaxy groups. [7] The identification as a fossil group was made in 1999. [8] This group contains an enormous amount of dark matter and a large amount of hot gas that emits X-ray radiation. [9] The galaxy is surrounded by thousands of globular star clusters. [10]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 1132: SN 2024pbe (type Ia, mag. 17.8). [11]

HST image of NGC 1132 NGC 1132HST.jpg
HST image of NGC 1132

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Cutri, Roc M.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Beichman, Charles A.; Carpenter, John M.; Chester, Thomas; Cambresy, Laurent; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Huchra, John P.; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Light, Robert M.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Stiening, Rae; Sykes, Matthew J.; Weinberg, Martin D.; Wheaton, William A.; Wheelock, Sherry L.; Zacarias, N. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2246: II/246. Bibcode:2003yCat.2246....0C.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "NGC 1132". Simbad. Université de Strasbourg/CNRS. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  3. ↑ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv: 1605.01765 . Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50 . S2CID   250737862. 50.
  4. 1 2 "Gargantuan galaxy NGC 1132 - a cosmic fossil?". Hubble Space Telescope. NASA/ESA. February 5, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  5. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1100 - 1149". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  6. ↑ Nowakowski, Tomasz (June 27, 2017). "Galaxy NGC 1132 has a disturbed hot halo, study finds". Phys.org. Science X. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  7. ↑ Alamo-Martínez1, K. A.; West1, M. J.; Blakeslee, J. P.; González-Lópezlira, R. A.; Jordán, A.; Gregg, M.; Côté, P.; Drinkwater, M. J.; van den Bergh, S. (October 2012). "Globular cluster systems in fossil groups: NGC 6482, NGC1132, and ESO 306-017" (PDF). Astronomy & Astrophysics. 546 (A15): A15. arXiv: 1208.4060 . Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..15A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219285. S2CID   59132846 . Retrieved September 24, 2020.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Martínez, Álamo; Adriana, Karla (2015). Globular Clusters: Jewels to Trace the Structure of Galaxies (PDF). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. 65. ISBN   9786070268106. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  9. ↑ "NGC 1132: A Mysterious Elliptical Galaxy". Chandra. NASA. February 5, 2008. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  10. ↑ "The Gargantuan Galaxy NGC 1132". Hubble. ESA. February 5, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  11. ↑ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2024pbe. Retrieved 11 July 2024.


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