NGC 6251 (other designations - UGC 10501 , MCG 14-8-10 , ZWG 367.13 , NPM1G +82.0085 , PGC 58472 ) is an elliptical galaxy ( E ) in the constellation Ursa Minor .
| NGC 6251 | |
|---|---|
| Galaxy | |
 | |
| Research history | |
| Discoverer | William Herschel |
| opening date | January 1, 1802 |
| Designations | NGC 6251 , UGC 10501 , MCG 14-8-10 , ZWG 367.13 , NPM1G +82.0085 , PGC 58472 |
| Observational data ( Age J2000.0 ) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Minor |
| Right ascension | |
| Declination | |
| Visible dimensions | 1.8 '× 1.5' |
| Apparent magnitude m V | 12.9 |
| Photographic magnitude m B | 13.9 |
| Specifications | |
| Type of | E |
| Redshift | +0.023940 ± 0.000754 |
| Angular position | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 |
This object is one of those listed in the original edition of the New General Catalog .
See also
- List of Messier objects
- New shared directory
Literature
- P. Crane and J. Vernet. An Anomalous Ultraviolet Extension in NGC 6251 (Eng.) // The Astrophysical Journal . - 1997. - DOI : 10.1086 / 310839 .
- Laura Ferrarese and Holland C. Ford. Nuclear Disks of Gas and Dust in Early-Type Galaxies and the Hunt for Massive Black Holes: Hubble Space Telescope Observations of NGC 6251 (Eng.) // The Astrophysical Journal . - 1999. - DOI : 10.1086 / 307046 .
- Hiroshi Sudou and Yoshiaki Taniguchi. Large-Scale Regular Morphological Patterns in the Radio Jet of NGC 6251 (Eng.) // The Astronomical Journal. - 2000. - DOI : 10.1086 / 301505 .
- R. Mukherjee, J. Halpern, N. Mirabal, and EV Gotthelf. Is the EGRET Source 3EG J1621 + 8203 the Radio Galaxy NGC 6251? (Eng.) // The Astrophysical Journal . - 2002. - DOI : 10.1086 / 340999 . - arXiv : astro-ph / 0204489 .
- Fulvio Melia, Siming Liu, and Marco Fatuzzo. Is Thermal Expansion Driving the Initial Gas Ejection in NGC 6251? (Eng.) // The Astrophysical Journal . - 2002. - DOI : 10.1086 / 338579 .
- Dayton L. Jones and Ann E. Wehrle. What is happened to the NGC 6251 counterjet? (Eng.) // The Astrophysical Journal . - 2002. - DOI : 10.1086 / 343076 . - arXiv : astro-ph / 0207669 .
- Marco Chiaberge, Roberto Gilli, Alessandro Capetti, and F. Duccio Macchetto. The Nuclear Spectral Energy Distribution of NGC 6251: A BL Lacertae Object in the Center of an FR I Radio Galaxy (Eng.) // The Astrophysical Journal . - 2003. - DOI : 10.1086 / 378289 . - arXiv : astro-ph / 0307120 .
- Nektarios Vlahakis and Arieh Königl. Magnetic Driving of Relativistic Outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei. I. Interpretation of Parsec-Scale Accelerations (Eng.) // The Astrophysical Journal . - 2004 .-- DOI : 10.1086 / 382670 . - arXiv : astro-ph / 0310747 .
- DA Evans, AC Summers, MJ Hardcastle, RP Kraft, P. Gandhi, JH Croston, and JC Lee. The Suzaku View of the Disk-Jet Connection in the Low-excitation Radio Galaxy NGC 6251 // The Astrophysical Journal . - 2011. - DOI : 10.1088 / 2041-8205 / 741/1 / L4 . - arXiv : 1109.6584 .
- Y. Takeuchi, J. Kataoka, Ł. Stawarz, Y. Takahashi, K. Maeda, T. Nakamori, CC Cheung, A. Celotti, Y. Tanaka, and T. Takahashi. Suzaku X-Ray Imaging of the Extended Lobe in the Giant Radio Galaxy NGC 6251 Associated with the Fermi-LAT Source 2FGL J1629.4 + 8236 // The Astrophysical Journal . - 2012. - DOI : 10.1088 / 0004-637X / 749/1/66 . - arXiv : 1202.0868 .
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
- List of publications on NGC 6251