NGC 4060

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NGC 4060
SDSS NGC 4060.jpeg
SDSS image of NGC 4060
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 04m 01.0s [1]
Declination 20° 20′ 15″ [1]
Redshift 0.022636 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 6786 km/s [1]
Distance 320  Mly (97  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster NGC 4065 Group
Apparent magnitude  (V)15.6 [1]
Characteristics
Type S0 [1]
Size~65,000  ly (20  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)0.40 x 0.30 [1]
Other designations
PGC 38151 [1]

NGC 4060 is a lenticular galaxy located 320 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Coma Berenices. [3] It was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on March 18, 1865 [4] and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] which is part of the Coma Supercluster. [5] [6] [8] [10]

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NGC 4060 is classified as a LINER galaxy. [11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4060. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  3. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4060". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  4. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  5. 1 2 Gregory, S. A.; Thompson, L. A. (1978-06-01). "The Coma/A1367 supercluster and its environs" . The Astrophysical Journal. 222: 784–799. Bibcode:1978ApJ...222..784G. doi:10.1086/156198. ISSN   0004-637X.
  6. 1 2 Tifft, W. G.; Gregory, S. A. (1979-07-01). "Band theory applied to the Coma/A1367 supercluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 231: 23–27. Bibcode:1979ApJ...231...23T. doi:10.1086/157158. ISSN   0004-637X.
  7. ↑ Burns, Jack O.; Hanisch, Robert J.; White, Richard A.; Nelson, Eric R.; Morrisette, Kim A.; Moody, J. Ward (1987-09-01). "A VLA 20 CM survey of poor groups of galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 94: 587–617. Bibcode:1987AJ.....94..587B. doi:10.1086/114494. ISSN   0004-6256.
  8. 1 2 Doe, Stephen M.; Ledlow, Michael J.; Burns, Jack O.; White, Richard A. (1995-07-01). "ROSAT Observations of Five Poor Galaxy Clusters with Extended Radio Sources". The Astronomical Journal. 110: 46. Bibcode:1995AJ....110...46D. doi: 10.1086/117496 . ISSN   0004-6256.
  9. ↑ Helsdon, Stephen F.; Ponman, Trevor J.; O'Sullivan, Ewan; Forbes, Duncan A. (2001-08-01). "X-ray luminosities of galaxies in groups". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 325 (2): 693–706. arXiv: astro-ph/0103293 . Bibcode:2001MNRAS.325..693H. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04490.x . ISSN   0035-8711. S2CID   17732882.
  10. ↑ Galli, R.; Carrasco, L.; Gavazzi, G. (1999-04-01). "The 3-D structure of the Coma–A 1367 supercluster: Optical spectroscopy of 102 galaxies". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 136 (2): 227–235. Bibcode:1999A&AS..136..227G. doi: 10.1051/aas:1999209 . ISSN   0365-0138.
  11. ↑ "NGC 4060". sim-id. Retrieved 2019-01-15.


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