NGC 4921

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NGC 4921
NGC 4921 by HST.jpg
NGC 4921 in a combination of near-infrared and yellow light
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 13h 01m 26.1s [1] 209453.02
Declination +27° 53′ 09″ [1]
Redshift 0.018286; 5,482 km/s [2]
Distance ca. 320 Mly [3]
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.04 [1]
Characteristics
Type SB(rs)ab [1]
Size~209,400  ly (64.21  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)2.5′ × 2.2′ [1]
Other designations
UGC 08134, PGC 044899. [1]

NGC 4921 is a barred spiral galaxy in the Coma Cluster, located in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is about 320 million light-years from Earth. [3] The galaxy has a nucleus with a bar structure that is surrounded by a distinct ring of dust that contains recently formed, hot blue stars. The outer part consists of unusually smooth, poorly distinguished spiral arms. [4]

In 1976, the Canadian astronomer Sidney Van den Bergh categorized this galaxy as "anemic" because of the low rate at which stars are being formed. He noted that it has "an unusually low surface brightness and exhibits remarkably diffuse spiral arms". Nonetheless, it is the brightest spiral galaxy in the Coma Cluster. [5] This galaxy is located near the center of the cluster and has a high relative velocity (7,560 km/s) [6] compared to the mean cluster velocity. When examined at the 21 cm wavelength Hydrogen line, NGC 4921 was found to be strongly H I deficient, indicating that it is low in hydrogen. The distribution of hydrogen has also been deeply perturbed toward the SE spiral arm and is less extended than the optical disk of the galaxy. This may have been caused by interaction with the intergalactic medium, which is stripping off the gas via ram pressure. [7] Some filaments of gas that have been stripped away are falling back to the galaxy, making NGC 4921 possibly the first observational evidence of this fallback. [8]

On May 4, 1959, a supernova explosion was observed in this galaxy by M. L. Humason using a Schmidt telescope at the Palomar Observatory. It appeared "quite far from the center" of the galaxy, [9] and was designated as SN 1959B. It reached an estimated peak magnitude of 18.5. [10] The light curve proved similar to supernova SN 1987a in the Large Magellanic Cloud, [11] and it displayed "unusual photometric behavior". [9]

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