NGC 1961

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NGC 1961
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NGC 1961 by Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Camelopardalis
Right ascension 05h 42m 04.6s [1]
Declination +69° 22′ 42″ [1]
Redshift 3934 ± 1 km/s [1]
Distance 173 Mly (53.4 Mpc) [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)10.9
Characteristics
Type SAB(rs)c [1]
Apparent size  (V)4.6′ × 3.0′ [1]
Other designations
IC 2133, Arp 184, UGC 3334, PGC 17625, 6C B053634.9+692058, 8C 0536+693 [1]

NGC 1961 (also known as IC 2133) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 December 1788. It is at a distance of about 200 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 1961 is more than 220,000 light years across.

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The galaxy has been distorted, however no companion has been detected nor double nuclei that could show a recent merger. Its outer arms are highly irregular. Two long straight arms extend from the north side of the galaxy. [2] A luminous X-ray corona has been detected around the galaxy. [3] [4] NGC 1961 is the central member of the small group of nine galaxies, the NGC 1961 group. [2]

Four supernovae have been observed in NGC 1961: SN 1998eb (type Ia, mag. 17.8), [5] SN 2001is (type Ib, mag. 17.6), [6] SN 2013cc (type II, mag. 17), [7] [8] and SN 2021vaz (type II, mag. 17.5). [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1961. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  2. 1 2 Epinat, B.; Amram, P.; Marcelin, M.; Balkowski, C.; Daigle, O.; Hernandez, O.; Chemin, L.; Carignan, C.; Gach, J.-L.; Balard, P. (1 August 2008). "GHASP: an Hα kinematic survey of spiral and irregular galaxies – VI. New Hα data cubes for 108 galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 388 (2): 500–550. arXiv: 0805.0976 . Bibcode:2008MNRAS.388..500E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13422.x. S2CID   14282151.
  3. ↑ Michael E. Anderson and Joel N. Bregman (August 2011). "Detection of a Hot Gaseous Halo around the Giant Spiral Galaxy NGC 1961". The Astrophysical Journal. 737 (1): 10. arXiv: 1105.4614 . Bibcode:2011ApJ...737...22A. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/737/1/22. S2CID   59270186.
  4. ↑ Bogdán, Ákos; Forman, William R.; Vogelsberger, Mark; Bourdin, Hervé; Sijacki, Debora; Mazzotta, Pasquale; Kraft, Ralph P.; Jones, Christine; Gilfanov, Marat; Churazov, Eugene; David, Laurence P. (1 August 2013). "Hot X-Ray Coronae around Massive Spiral Galaxies: A Unique Probe of Structure Formation Models". The Astrophysical Journal. 772 (2): 97. arXiv: 1212.0541 . Bibcode:2013ApJ...772...97B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/772/2/97. S2CID   5987732.
  5. ↑ Transient Name Server entry for SN 1998eb. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2001is. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  7. ↑ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2013cc. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  8. ↑ List of Supernovae IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  9. ↑ Itagaki, Koichi. "Transient Name Server SN 2021vaz Discovery Certificate". Transient Name Server. TNS. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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