NGC 4388 (other designations are UGC 7520 , MCG 2-32-41 , ZWG 70.68 , VCC 836 , IRAS12232 + 1256 , PGC 40581 ) is a spiral galaxy ( Sb ) in the constellation Virgo . About 60 million light-years from Earth are located. This object is one of those listed in the original edition of the New General Catalog . Galaxy NGC 4388 is classified as active, as it has a bright active nucleus.
| NGC 4388 | |
|---|---|
| Galaxy | |
 | |
| Research history | |
| Discoverer | William Herschel |
| opening date | April 17, 1784 |
| Designations | NGC 4388 , UGC 7520 , MCG 2-32-41 , ZWG 70.68 , VCC 836 , IRAS12232 + 1256 , PGC 40581 |
| Observational data ( Age J2000.0 ) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | |
| Declination | |
| Visible dimensions | 5.6 '× 1.5' |
| Apparent magnitude m V | 11.0 |
| Photographic magnitude m B | 11.8 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type of | Sb |
| Radial velocity | |
| Redshift | +0.008426 ± 0.000057 |
| Distance | |
| Angular position | 92 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13,2 |
The galaxy is interesting in that it emits huge dust clouds (up to 100 thousand light-years in size). There are two hypotheses of their origin:
- Gas was torn out of galaxy NGC 4388 during its passage through the Virgo cluster.
- This is the remnant of a small galaxy destroyed by NGC 4388.
Content
- 1 See also
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
See also
- List of Messier objects
- New shared directory
Notes
- ↑ R. Minchin , L. Chemin NIBLES: an H I census of stellar mass selected SDSS galaxies // Astron. Astrophys. - EDP Sciences , 2016. - Vol. 595. - P. A118. - ISSN 0004-6361 ; 0365-0138 ; 1432-0746 ; 1286-4846 - doi: 10.1051 / 0004-6361 / 201528048
- ↑ R. Brent Tully, Courtois H. M., Sorce J. G. COSMICFLOWS-3 // Astron. J. / J. G. III - IOP Publishing , 2016 .-- Vol. 152, Iss. 2. - P. 50. - ISSN 0004-6256 ; 1538-3881 - doi: 10.3847 / 0004-6256 / 152/2/50
Literature
- S. Veilleux, J. Bland-Hawthorn, and G. Cecil. A Kinematic Link Between Boxy Bulges, Stellar Bars, and Nuclear Activity in NGC 3079 and NGC 4388 (Eng.) // The Astronomical Journal. - 1999. - DOI : 10.1086 / 301095 .
- Sylvain Veilleux, Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn, Gerald Cecil, R. Brent Tully, and Scott T. Miller. Galactic-Scale Outflow and Supersonic Ram-Pressure Stripping in the Virgo Cluster Galaxy NGC 4388 (Eng.) // The Astrophysical Journal . - 1999. - DOI : 10.1086 / 307453 .
- Michitoshi Yoshida, Masafumi Yagi, Sadanori Okamura, Kentaro Aoki, Youichi Ohyama, Yutaka Komiyama, Naoki Yasuda, Masanori Iye, Nobunari Kashikawa, Mamoru Doi, Hisanori Furusawa, Masaruami Makiuki, Masaki Masamiokiiyami , Maki Sekiguchi, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, and Hiroshi Ohtani. Discovery of a Very Extended Emission-Line Region around the Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 4388 (Eng.) // The Astrophysical Journal . - 2002. - DOI : 10.1086 / 338353 .
- Martin Elvis, G. Risaliti, F. Nicastro, JM Miller, F. Fiore, and S. Puccetti. An Unveiling Event in the Type 2 Active Galactic Nucleus NGC 4388: A Challenge for a Parsec-Scale Absorber // The Astrophysical Journal . - 2004 .-- DOI : 10.1086 / 424380 . - arXiv : astro-ph / 0407291 .
- V. Beckmann, N. Gehrels, P. Favre, R. Walter, TJ-L. Courvoisier, P.-O. Petrucci, and J. Malzac. INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton Spectral Studies of NGC 4388 (Eng.) // The Astrophysical Journal . - 2004 .-- DOI : 10.1086 / 423708 . - arXiv : astro-ph / 0406553 .
- Michitoshi Yoshida, Youichi Ohyama, Masanori Iye, Kentaro Aoki, Nobunari Kashikawa, Toshiyuki Sasaki, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Masafumi Yagi, Sadanori Okamura, Mamoru Doi, Hisanori Furusawa, Masaru Hamabe, Masahiko Kimuraiyami Yaki Yamaki Yamaki Yamaki Yamaki , Masami Ouchi, Maki Sekiguchi, and Naoki Yasuda. Subaru Deep Spectroscopy of the Very Extended Emission-Line Region of NGC 4388: Ram Pressure Stripped Gas Ionized by Nuclear Radiation // The Astronomical Journal. - 2004 .-- DOI : 10.1086 / 380221 . - arXiv : astro-ph / 0310044 .
Links
- Information in English and French from the original “ New General Catalog ”
- Information (Eng.) From the Revised New General Catalog
- SIMBAD
- VizieR (English)
- NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
- NGC 4388 Publications List