NGC 4458

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NGC 4458
NGC4458 - SDSS DR14.jpg
The elliptical galaxy NGC 4458 as imaged by the SDSS.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension 12h 28m 57.5s [1]
Declination 13° 14′ 31″ [1]
Redshift 0.002258/677 km/s [1]
Distance 54,801,600 ly
Group or cluster Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.93 [1]
Characteristics
Type E0 [1]
Mass ~1.07×1010 [2]   M☉
Size~ 29,000 ly (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.7 x 1.6 [1]
Other designations
CGCG 70-114, MCG 2-32-82, PGC 41095, UGC 7610, VCC 1146 [1]

NGC 4458 is an elliptical galaxy located about 54 million light-years away [3] [4] in the constellation of Virgo. [5] It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 12, 1784. [6] NGC 4458 is a member of Markarian's Chain which is part of the Virgo Cluster. [7] It is in a pair with the galaxy NGC 4461. [8] NGC 4458 and NGC 4461 are interacting with each other. [9]

Contents

NGC 4458 may have a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 200 million Suns (2×108 M☉). [2]

Nuclear disk

NGC 4458 has an edge-on nuclear disk which is estimated to be about 6 billion years old. [10] The disk likely formed from the merger of a gas-rich galaxy and has been found to have "similar properties to the decoupled cores of bright ellipticals". [11] [12]

Counter-rotating core

Using Hubble images, it has been determined that NGC 4458 has a counter-rotating core. [9]

Metallicity

NGC 4458 has a low metal content but has an overabundance of the element iron. [9]

See also

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References

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  7. ↑ Markarian, B.E. (December 1961). "Physical chain of galaxies in the Virgo cluster and its dynamic instability" (PDF). Astronomical Journal. 66: 555–557. Bibcode:1961AJ.....66..555M.
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  12. ↑ L. Morelli, C. Halliday, E. M. Corsini, A. Pizzella, D. Thomas, R. P. Saglia, R. L. Davies, R. Bender, M. Birkinshaw, F. Bertola, Nuclear stellar discs in low-luminosity elliptical galaxies: NGC 4458 and 4478, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 354, Issue 3, November 2004, Pages 753–762, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08236.x}


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