NGC 1288

NGC 1288
Spiral galaxy NGC 1288
Composite image of NGC 1288 taken with the Very Large Telescope. Supernova SN 2006dr is visible just to the left of the nucleus.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationFornax
Right ascension03h 17m 13.176s[1]
Declination–32° 34′ 33.08″[1]
Redshift0.01500[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity4,497[2] km/s
Distance196 Mly (60 Mpc)[3]
Characteristics
TypeSABc(rs)[4]
Mass/Light ratio14[3] M☉/L☉
Apparent size (V)2′.2 × 1′.8[5]
Other designations
MCG -05-08-025, PGC 12204[6]

NGC 1288 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy located about 196[3] million light years away in the constellation Fornax.[5] In the nineteenth century, English astronomer John Herschel described it as "very faint, large, round, very gradually little brighter middle." The morphological classification of SABc(rs)[4] indicates weak bar structure across the nucleus (SAB), an incomplete inner ring orbiting outside the bar (rs), and the multiple spiral arms are moderately wound (c).[7] The spiral arms branch at intervals of 120° at a radius of 30″ from the nucleus. The galaxy is most likely surrounded by a dark matter halo, giving it a mass-to-light ratio of 14 M☉/L☉.[3]

On July 17, 2006, a supernova with a magnitude of 16.1 was imaged in this galaxy from Pretoria, South Africa, at 12″ east and 2″ of the galactic core.[8] Designated SN 2006dr, it was determined to be a type Ia supernova.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. ^ a b Jones, D. Heath; et al. (October 2009), "The 6dF Galaxy Survey: final redshift release (DR3) and southern large-scale structures", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 399 (2): 683–698, arXiv:0903.5451, Bibcode:2009MNRAS.399..683J, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15338.x, S2CID 119223679.
  3. ^ a b c d Fuchs, B.; et al. (December 1999), "Quantitative interpretation of the morphology of NGC 1288", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 352: L36–L39, Bibcode:1999A&A...352L..36F.
  4. ^ a b D. A., Gadotti; et al. (September 2001), "Homogenization of the Stellar Population along Late-Type Spiral Galaxies", The Astronomical Journal, 122 (3): 1298–1318, arXiv:astro-ph/0106303, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.1298G, doi:10.1086/322126, S2CID 16376731.
  5. ^ a b Aranda, Ted (2012), 3,000 Deep-Sky Objects: An Annotated Catalogue, Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series, Springer, p. 107, ISBN 978-1441994196.
  6. ^ "NGC 1288". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  7. ^ Buta, Ronald J.; et al. (2007), Atlas of Galaxies, Cambridge University Press, pp. 13–17, ISBN 978-0521820486.
  8. ^ Monard, L. A. G. (July 2006), D. W. E., Green (ed.), "Supernova 2006dr in NGC 1288", Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 578: 1, Bibcode:2006CBET..578....1M.
  9. ^ B., Monard (June 2007), "Report on CCD activities at the Bronberg Observatory (CBA Pretoria) in 2006", Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa, 66 (5–6): 106–109, Bibcode:2007MNSSA..66..106M.


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