NGC 7479

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NGC 7479
Caldwell 44.jpg
NGC 7479 imaged by the Wide Field Channel of Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 23h 04m 56.6s [1]
Declination +12° 19 22 [1]
Redshift 2381 ± 1 km/s [1]
Distance 105 Mly
Apparent magnitude  (V)11.6 [1]
Characteristics
Type SB(s)c [1]
Size118,000 ly (36.2 kpc) [1]
Apparent size  (V)4.1 × 3.1 [1]
Other designations
Caldwell 44, UGC 12343, PGC 70419 [1]

NGC 7479 (also known as Caldwell 44 or the Superman Galaxy [2] ) is a barred spiral galaxy about 105 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. William Herschel discovered it in 1784. NGC 7479 is also recognized as a Seyfert galaxy and a LINER undergoing starburst activity not only on the nucleus and the outer arms, but also across the bar of the galaxy, where most of the stars were formed in the last 100 million years. [3] Polarization studies of this galaxy indicate that it recently underwent a minor merger and that it is unique in the radio continuum, with arms opening in a direction opposite to the optical arms. [4] This feature, along with the asymmetrical arms of the galaxy and the intense star formation activity are attributed to a merger with a smaller galaxy. [3] This galaxy is similar in both size and morphology to the barred spiral NGC 1300.

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Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 7479:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7479. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
  2. Stoyan, Ronald; Schurig, Stephan (2014). interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas. Erlangen: Cambridge University Press; Oculum-Verlag GmbH. ISBN   978-1-107-50338-0. OCLC   920437579.
  3. 1 2 Zhou, Zhi-Min; Cao, Chen; Meng, Xian-Min; Wu, Hong (1 August 2011). "Star formation properties in barred galaxies (SFB). I. Ultraviolet to infrared imaging and spectroscopic studies of NGC 7479". The Astronomical Journal. 142 (2): 38. arXiv: 1107.0187 . Bibcode:2011AJ....142...38Z. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/142/2/38. S2CID   118536887.
  4. Laine, Seppo; Beck, Rainer (20 January 2008). "Radio Continuum Jet in NGC 7479". The Astrophysical Journal. 673 (1): 128–142. arXiv: 0709.4476 . Bibcode:2008ApJ...673..128L. doi:10.1086/523960. S2CID   13368749.
  5. Pennypacker, C.; Perlmutter, S.; Marvin, H. (1990). "Supernova 1990U in NGC 7479". International Astronomical Union Circular (5063): 1. Bibcode:1990IAUC.5063....1P.
  6. "SN 1990U". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  7. Li, W.; Cenko, S. B.; Filippenko, A. V. (2009). "Supernova 2009jf in NGC 7479". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams. 1952: 1. Bibcode:2009CBET.1952....1L.
  8. "SN 2009jf". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 6 December 2024.