NGC 4093 is an elliptical galaxy located 340 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Coma Berenices.[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 4, 1864.[4] NGC 4093 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group[5][6][7] and is a radio galaxy[8][9][10] with a two sided jet.[10]
| NGC 4093 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 4093. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Right ascension | 12h 05m 51.4s[1] |
| Declination | 20° 31′ 19″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.024037[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 7206 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 340 Mly (103 Mpc)[1] |
| Group or cluster | NGC 4065 Group |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.52[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E?[1] |
| Size | ~116,000 ly (35.5 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.25 x 0.25[1] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 038323, MCG +04-29-021[1] | |
A rotating disk in the galaxy was detected by K. Geréb et al.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4093. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4093". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
- ^ Tifft, W. G.; Gregory, S. A. (1979-07-01). "Band theory applied to the Coma/A1367 supercluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 231: 23–27. Bibcode:1979ApJ...231...23T. doi:10.1086/157158. ISSN 0004-637X.
- ^ Burns, Jack O.; Hanisch, Robert J.; White, Richard A.; Nelson, Eric R.; Morrisette, Kim A.; Moody, J. Ward (1987-09-01). "A VLA 20 CM survey of poor groups of galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 94: 587–617. Bibcode:1987AJ.....94..587B. doi:10.1086/114494. ISSN 0004-6256.
- ^ White, Richard A.; Bliton, Mark; Bhavsar, Suketu P.; Bornmann, Patricia; Burns, Jack O.; Ledlow, Michael J.; Loken, Christen (1999-11-01). "A Catalog of Nearby Poor Clusters of Galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 118 (5): 2014–2037. arXiv:astro-ph/9907283. Bibcode:1999AJ....118.2014W. doi:10.1086/301103. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 73667751.
- ^ a b Geréb, K.; Maccagni, F. M.; Morganti, R.; Oosterloo, T. A. (March 2015). "The HI absorption "Zoo"". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 575: A44. arXiv:1411.0361. Bibcode:2015A&A...575A..44G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424655. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 119158234.
- ^ Massaro, F.; Capetti, A.; Baldi, R. D. (2018). "FR0CAT: a FIRST catalog of FR0 radio galaxies". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 609: A1. arXiv:1709.00015. Bibcode:2018A&A...609A...1B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201731333. S2CID 118910652.
- ^ a b An, T.; Cheng, X.-P. (2018-07-06). "Parsec-scale radio structure of 14 Fanaroff-Riley type 0 radio galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal. 863 (2): 155. arXiv:1807.02505. Bibcode:2018ApJ...863..155C. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aad22c. S2CID 119494740.
External links
editMedia related to NGC 4093 at Wikimedia Commons
- NGC 4093 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images