NGC 1218

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NGC 1218
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NGC 1218 as viewed by the Hubble Space Telescope. [Note 1]
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 03h 08m 26.2s [1]
Declination +04° 06′ 39.3″ [1]
Redshift 0.0288 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 8,485±15 km/s [3]
Galactocentric velocity8,488±15 km/s [3]
Distance 378,600,000  ly (116.08  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster [CHM 2007] LDC 223 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)8.460 [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)12.84 [4]
Absolute magnitude  (V)-2.70 [3]
Surface brightness 1.19×10−1 [3]
Characteristics
Type S0/a [3]
Size225,400 ly (69.11 kpc)
(diameter) [3]
Apparent size  (V)1.147′ × 0.917′ [1]
Other designations
Gaia DR1  2673462523030912, 2MASS J03082623+0406390, 2MASX J03082624+0406388, UGC 2555, LEDA 11749, MCG +01-09-001, PGC 011749, CGCG 0305.8+0355 [1] [3] [Note 2]

NGC 1218 is a lenticular galaxy in Cetus that hosts the radio source 3C 78. It was discovered in 1886 by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift. It is located at l = 174.86, b = -44.51 in the galactic coordinate system. [1]

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History

Discovered by Lewis Swift on September 6, 1886, [5] NGC 1218 was one of the original objects included in the New General Catalogue. [6] 3C 78 was discovered c. 1957, and subsequently included in the Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources (3C). [7]

In 1982, it was found that the nucleus of NGC 1218 emits a radio jet. [8] A follow-up study in 1986 corroborated the presence of the jet, as well as finding evidence of a possible weak counter-jet. [9] The Hubble Space Telescope observed NGC 1218 on August 17, 1994. An optical jet of synchrotron radiation similar to that of Messier 87 was subsequently found. [10]

On September 6, 2000, a type Ia supernova was detected in NGC 1218. A 2002 study found that the previously identified radio jet was the cause. [11]

In 2023, the proper motion of 3C 78 was determined using observations from the Very Large Array (VLA), as well as a single observation from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). [12]

Composition and structure

NGC 1218 is a lenticular (S/0a) radio galaxy, with a radio halo roughly equivalent in size to the optical halo's extent. [8] The observable synchrotron jet has a total length of 1.37 arcseconds (0.75 kpc), and expands substantially at 0.5 arcseconds from the nucleus. [10]

NGC 1218 has an approximate hydrogen mass of <36×109 M☉. [9]

3C 78

3C 78 is an astronomical radio source with an angular extent of approximately 80 × 55 arcseconds squared. [9] According to Tabara and Inoue (1980), 3C 78 has a rotation measure of 8.7 ± 1.9 m−2 and an intrinsic position angle of 87° ± 4°, although Simard-Normandin, Kronberg, and Button (1981) claim that it has a rotation measure of 14 ± 2 m−2 and an intrinsic position angle of 85° ± 3°. [13] [14]

It possesses a radio jet approximately one arcsecond (0.58 kpc) in length, with three bright, compact inhomogeneities (or "knots"), with the second and thirds ones being the most prominent. The second knot has a longitudinal motion of approximately 0.51 ± 0.14c at roughly 200 pc, and the third knot had an apparent superluminal backwards motion of −2.6 ± 2c prior to 2000, followed by a forward motion of 0.5 ± 2c, both at roughly 300 pc. [12]

Notes

  1. ↑ Color rendered with the Aladin Sky Atlas
  2. ↑ There are a total of 76 identifiers used. The NGC, 3C, and CGCG designations are the most common

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