NGC 4051 | |
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![]() Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4051 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Ursa Major |
Right ascension | 12h 03m 09.686s [1] |
Declination | +44° 31′ 52.54″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.002336 [2] |
Helio radial velocity | 700 km/s [2] |
Distance | 54.14 ± 0.98 Mly (16.6 ± 0.3 Mpc) [3] |
Group or cluster | Ursa Major Cluster |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.92 [4] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.08 [4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB(rs)bc [2] |
Size | 78,800 ly (24,160 pc) [2] [note 1] |
Apparent size (V) | 6.00′ × 4.98′ [2] [note 1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 7030, MGC+08-22-059, PGC 38068 [4] |
NGC 4051 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major. [2] It was discovered on 6 February 1788 by John Herschel. [5]
NGC 4051 contains a supermassive black hole with a mass of 1.73 million M☉. [6] This galaxy was studied by the Multicolor Active Galactic Nuclei Monitoring 2m telescope. [7]
Three supernovae have been discovered in NGC 4051: SN 1983I (type Ic, mag. 13.5), [8] SN 2003ie (type II, mag. 15.2), [9] and SN 2010br (type Ib/c, mag. 17.7). [4] [10]
The galaxy is a Seyfert galaxy that emits bright X-rays. However, in early 1998 the X-ray emission ceased as observed by the Beppo-SAX satellite. X-ray emission had risen back to normal by August 1998. [11]
NGC 4051 is a member of the Ursa Major Cluster. [12] [13] [14] Its peculiar velocity is −490 ± 34 km/s, consistent with the rest of the cluster. [3]
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Messier 83 or M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC 5236, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 15 million light-years away in the constellation borders of Hydra and Centaurus. Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille discovered M83 on 23 February 1752 at the Cape of Good Hope. Charles Messier added it to his catalogue of nebulous objects in March 1781.
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NGC 3982, also known as UGC 6918, is an intermediate spiral galaxy approximately 68 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 14, 1789, and misclassified as a planetary nebula. NGC 3982 is a part of the M109 Group.
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NGC 1566, sometimes known as the Spanish Dancer, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado, positioned about 3.5° to the south of the star Gamma Doradus. It was discovered on May 28, 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. At 10th magnitude, it requires a telescope to view. The distance to this galaxy remains elusive, with measurements ranging from 6 Mpc up to 21 Mpc.
NGC 4639 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. It was discovered by German-born astronomer William Herschel on April 12, 1784. John L. E. Dreyer described it as "pretty bright, small, extended, mottled but not resolved, 12th magnitude star 1 arcmin to southeast". This is a relatively nearby galaxy, lying approximately 72 million light-years away from the Milky Way. It is a companion to NGC 4654, and the two appear to have interacted roughly 500 million years ago. NGC 4639 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
NGC 4102 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy located in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. It is visible in a small telescope and has an apparent visual magnitude of 11.2. The galaxy was discovered April 12, 1789 by William Herschel. J. L. E. Dreyer described it as "bright, pretty small, round, brighter middle and bright nucleus". This galaxy is located at a distance of 60 million light years and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 837 km/s. It is a member of the Ursa Major group of galaxies.
NGC 4388 is an active spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. It was discovered April 17, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel. This galaxy is located at a distance of 57 million light years and is receding with a radial velocity of 2,524 km/s. It is one of the brightest galaxies of the Virgo Cluster due to its luminous nucleus. NGC 4388 is located 1.3° to the west of the cluster center, which translates to a projected distance of ≈400 kpc.
NGC 3941 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It is located at a distance of circa 40 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3941 is about 40,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1787.
NGC 4242 is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. The galaxy is about 18 million light years away. It was discovered on 10 April 1788 by William Herschel, and it was described as "very faint, considerably large, irregular, round, very gradually brighter in the middle, resolvable" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue.
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