NGC 1614

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NGC 1614
NGC1614 - HST - Potw2032a.tif
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 1614
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Eridanus
Right ascension 04h 34m 00.027s
Declination −08° 34′ 44.57″
Redshift 0.015938±0.000033 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 4,778 [2]
Distance 211.3  Mly (64.78  Mpc) [2]
Characteristics
Type SB(s)c pec. [1]
Notable featuresStarburst galaxy with an active galactic nucleus
Other designations
2MASX J04340002-0834445, APG 186, IRAS 04315-0840, Mrk 0617, II Zw 015, PGC 15538

NGC 1614 is the New General Catalogue identifier for a spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Eridanus. It was discovered on December 29, 1885 by American astronomer Lewis Swift, who described it in a shorthand notation as: pretty faint, small, round, a little brighter middle. [3] The nebula was then catalogued by Danish-Irish astronomer J. L. E. Drayer in 1888. [4] When direct photography became available, it was noted that this galaxy displayed some conspicuous peculiarities. American astronomer Halton Arp included it in his 1966 Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies . [5] In 1971, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky described it as a "blue post-eruptive galaxy, compact patchy core, spiral plumes, long blue jet SSW". [6]

In the De Vaucouleurs system for classifying galaxies, NGC 1614 has a galaxy morphological classification of SB(s)c pec. The SB indicates this is a barred spiral galaxy, while the '(s)' means it lacks a ring-like structure around the nucleus. The trailing 'c' describes the spiral arm structure as being loosely wound. The peculiar nature of the galaxy is noted with the 'pec.' abbreviation. [1] The galaxy is bright at the center, with two nearly symmetrical inner spiral arms. [7] It is a luminous infrared source, [8] with total infrared luminosity is 1011.60  L☉ , ranking 55th in the 2003 IRAS Revised Bright Galaxy Sample, [9] and is the second most luminous galaxy within 75 Mpc. [10]

This galaxy is undergoing a minor merger event with a gas-rich, low-mass companion galaxy, located in a tidal tail to the southwest of the nucleus. The main galaxy is estimated to be around 3−5 times as massive as the merging object. The interaction between the two galaxies is triggering a burst of star formation in NGC 1614, [8] although not apparently an active galactic nucleus. [11] It is described as "one of the most extreme nearby starbursts". [10]

In the core region, a 230 pc radius ring feature has formed around the nucleus within the last 5−10 million years from an inflow of gas caused by the merger event, and this structure is the site of the intense star forming activity known as a starburst region. [7] This activity is bright enough that it is masking whatever weak nuclear emission there is coming from the core. [10] The nucleus itself displays evidence of an older starburst event. [7] The starburst activity is presumed to be driving an observed outflow of cold molecular gas that has a combined mass of around 32 million times the mass of the Sun. [11]

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 1614: SN 1996D (type Ic, mag. 18.2), [12] and SN 2020cuj (type II, mag. 20). [13]

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  8. 1 2 König, S.; et al. (May 2013), "The NGC 1614 interacting galaxy. Molecular gas feeding a "ring of fire"", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 553: 11, arXiv: 1303.1012 , Bibcode:2013A&A...553A..72K, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220453, S2CID   62891999, A72.
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  11. 1 2 García-Burillo, S.; et al. (August 2015), "High-resolution imaging of the molecular outflows in two mergers: IRAS 17208-0014 and NGC 1614", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 580: 21, arXiv: 1505.04705 , Bibcode:2015A&A...580A..35G, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201526133, S2CID   38986586, A35.
  12. ↑ Transient Name Server entry for SN 1996D. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  13. ↑ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2020cuj. Retrieved 30 March 2023.


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