NGC 4299

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NGC 4299
NGC4299 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 4299
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension 12h 21m 40.5s [1]
Declination 11° 30′ 00″ [1]
Redshift 0.000791 [1]
Helio radial velocity 237 km/s [1]
Distance 55  Mly (16.8  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.88 [1]
Characteristics
Type SAB(s)dm [1]
Size~36,000  ly (11  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.7 x 1.6 [1]
Other designations
VCC 491, IRAS 12191+1146, UGC 7414, MCG +02-32-010, PGC 39968, CGCG 70-25 [1]

NGC 4299 is a featureless spiral galaxy [2] located about 55 million light-years away [3] [4] in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784 [5] and is a member of the Virgo Cluster. [6] [4] [7]

Contents

NGC 4299 forms an interacting pair with NGC 4294. [8]

Physical characteristics

NGC 4299 has a fairly featureless disk [9] with a very small, weak bulge and weak, asymmetric spiral arms [10] plus numerous bright HII regions. [11] [12]

At the center of NGC 4299 lies a nuclear star cluster [13] [14] with a diameter of ~5.9  ly (1.8  pc ). [15]

Truncated Hα disk

NGC 4299 has a truncated Hα disk with the outer extent of the Hα having an irregular distribution except in the southwest where it forms a well-defined ridge. This appears to be the result of ram-pressure. [12]

Interaction with NGC 4294

As a result of a tidal interaction with NGC 4294, NGC 4299 has a disturbed optical and HI morphology, [16] [11] with asymmetric spiral arms, a small, weak bar [10] and a high global star formation rate that appears to have been enhanced by ram-pressure. [12]

HI tail

Chung et al. identified that NGC 4299 has a one sided [17] [18] tail of neutral atomic hydrogen (HI). [10] [19] The tail points to the southwest [17] [8] and appears to be a result of ram-pressure [19] [20] [10] or by a tidal interaction with NGC 4294. [10] The tail has no optical counterpart [10] [17] and is oriented parallel to the HI tail found in NGC 4294. [17]

NGC 4299 appears to have a second tail pointing to the southeast that is much broader and lower in HI surface density than the main tail. [17]

Black Hole

NGC 4299 may harbor an intermediate-mass black hole with an estimated mass ranging from 7,000 (7*10^3) to 200,000 (2*10^5) solar masses. [21]

See also

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NGC 4302 Edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

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NGC 4305 Dwarf spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo

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NGC 4313 Spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo

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NGC 4316 Edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo

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NGC 4320 Peculiar galaxy in the constellation Virgo

NGC 4320 is a peculiar galaxy located about 370 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on April 15, 1865 and is a member of the NGC 4325 Group.

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