NGC 4424

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NGC 4424
The NGC and its modern counterpart.jpg
NGC 4424 as taken by Hubble Space Telescope; the smaller galaxy IC 3366 (LEDA 213994) is below center
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension 12h 27m 11.575s [1]
Declination +09° 25′ 14.32″ [1]
Redshift 0.00146 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 442 [3]
Distance 13.5  Mly (4.1  Mpc) [4]
Group or cluster Virgo Cluster [5]
Characteristics
Type SB(s)a peculiar [2]
Mass 3.8+2.3
−1.4×108 [4]   M☉
Other designations
IRAS 12246+0941, 2MASX J12271158+0925138, UGC 7561, MCG +02-32-058, PGC 40809 [6] [7]

NGC 4424 is a spiral galaxy located in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. It was discovered February 27, 1865 by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest. [8] This galaxy is located at a distance of 13.5 [4]  million light years and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 442 km/s. [3] It has a morphological class of SB(s)a, [2] which normally indicates a spiral galaxy with a barred structure (SB), no inner ring feature (s), and tightly-wound spiral arms (a). The galactic plane is inclined at an angle of 62° to the line of sight from the Earth. It is a likely member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. [5]

The galaxy NGC 4424 has a peculiar morphology with shells that give the appearance of a galaxy merger within the last half billion years. It has a long tail of hydrogen stretching 110 kpc to the south that is likely due to stripping from ram pressure. Because of the lack of gas, star formation has completely ceased in the outer parts of the galaxy, while there is still a mild amount occurring in the inner region. NGC 4424 will most likely end up as a lenticular galaxy by three billion years from now. [5]

There is no indication of a compact source of X-ray emission in the nucleus, but there is an ionized tail stretching ~10 kpc from the core. [5] The velocity dispersion at the core suggests there is a supermassive black hole (SMBH) with a mass of (0.8±0.2)×105  M☉ . [9] Hubble images of this galaxy show a tidally-stretched cluster located at a projected distance of ~400 pc from the nucleus. This is probably the core of a captured galaxy. It contains a compact source that is emitting X-rays and may be an active massive black hole. In time this may merge with the core SMBH of NGC 4424. [9]

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 4424. Max Wolf discovered SN 1895A (type unknown, mag. 12.5) on March 16, 1895. [10] Type Ia supernova designated SN 2012cg was discovered in this galaxy by the LOSS program from images taken May 17, 2012. [11] It reached maximum light nine days later at the end of May. [12] The supernova reached a peak absolute magnitude of −19.50±0.31 in the B (blue) band and synthesized 0.72±0.31  M☉ of the radioactive isotope nickel-56. [2] The available observations favor a merger of double degenerate progenitors as the source for the event. [13] The proximity of the galaxy made this one of the best studied supernova explosions to date. [13]

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