NGC 4451

NGC 4451
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4451
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension12h 28m 40.558s[1]
Declination09° 15′ 32.13″[1]
Redshift0.002882[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity862[3]
Distance85.0 Mly (26.06 Mpc)[4]
Group or clusterVirgo cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)13.29[2]
Characteristics
TypeSA(rs)cd[5]
Mass8.2+8.2
−3.1[4] M☉
Apparent size (V)1.5′ × 1.0′[2]
Half-light radius (apparent)11.86″[6]
Other designations
NGC 4451, UGC 7600, MCG +02-32-079, PGC 41050[7]

NGC 4451 is a spiral galaxy in the equatorial Virgo constellation. It was discovered at the Copenhagen Observatory on March 19, 1865, by Heinrich d'Arrest, who used an 11" refractor telescope.[8] The galaxy is located at a distance of 85[4] million light years and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 862 km/s.[3] It is a member of the Virgo cluster of galaxies.[6]

In March 1985, Shigo Horiguchi in Japan[9] discovered a Type II-P supernova[10] in this galaxy. Designated SN 1985G, it was positioned 2″ west and 5″ north of the galaxy center.[9] The progenitor was estimated to have a mass of 21.7+4.4
−0.5 M☉ and was 8.65+0.14
−1.34[10] million years old.

References

  1. ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; et al. (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 c "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4451. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
  4. ^ a b c Lianou, S.; et al. (November 2019). "Dust properties and star formation of approximately a thousand local galaxies". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 631: 19. arXiv:1906.02712. Bibcode:2019A&A...631A..38L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834553. S2CID 174801441. A38.
  5. ^ Buta, Ronald J. (September 2019). "The systematics of galaxy morphology in the comprehensive de Vaucouleurs revised Hubble-Sandage classification system: application to the EFIGI sample". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 488 (1): 590–608. arXiv:1906.08124. Bibcode:2019MNRAS.488..590B. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz1693.
  6. ^ a b Kim, Suk; et al. (December 2014). "The Extended Virgo Cluster Catalog". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 215 (2): 29. arXiv:1409.3283. Bibcode:2014ApJS..215...22K. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/215/2/22. S2CID 119296675. 22.
  7. ^ "NGC 4451". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  8. ^ "Heinrich Ludwig [Louis] d'Arrest". Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  9. ^ a b Kozai, H.; Horiguchi, S. (March 1985). Green, D. W. E. (ed.). "Supernova 1985G". IAU Circular. 4049 (1): 1. Bibcode:1985IAUC.4049....1K.
  10. ^ a b Kuncarayakti, H.; et al. (May 2018). "Constraints on core-collapse supernova progenitors from explosion site integral field spectroscopy". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 613: 18. arXiv:1711.05765. Bibcode:2018A&A...613A..35K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201731923. S2CID 55845396. A35.
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