NGC 4074 explained

NGC 4074
Constellation Name:Coma Berenices
Epoch:J2000
Type:S0 pec[1]
Dist Ly:96Mpc
Z:0.022445
H Radial V:6729 km/s
Group Cluster:NGC 4065 Group
Appmag V:14.5
Size V:0.35 x 0.2
Size:~32kpc (estimated)
Names:ARK 347, MCG +04-29-011, PGC 038207

NGC 4074 is a peculiar[2] [3] lenticular galaxy located 310 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.[4] It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785[5] and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

NGC 4074 is classified as a type 2 Seyfert galaxy.[11] [12] It was first identified as a Seyfert in 1978.[13]

Supermassive black hole

NGC 4074 has a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of (M☉).[14]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 4074 . 2019-02-09.
  2. Web site: Sasmirala object pages. dc.zah.uni-heidelberg.de. 2019-02-09.
  3. Web site: Your NED Search Results. ned.ipac.caltech.edu. 2019-02-09.
  4. Web site: Revised NGC Data for NGC 4074. spider.seds.org. 2019-02-09.
  5. Web site: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099. cseligman.com. 2019-02-03.
  6. Tifft. W. G.. Gregory. S. A.. 1979-07-01. Band theory applied to the Coma/A1367 supercluster. The Astrophysical Journal. 231. 23–27. 10.1086/157158. 0004-637X. 1979ApJ...231...23T.
  7. 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. 10.1086/114494. 0004-6256. 1987AJ.....94..587B.
  8. Doe. Stephen M.. Ledlow. Michael J.. Burns. Jack O.. White. Richard A.. 1995-07-01. ROSAT Observations of Five Poor Galaxy Clusters with Extended Radio Sources. The Astronomical Journal. 110. 46. 10.1086/117496. 0004-6256. 1995AJ....110...46D. free.
  9. 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. 10.1086/301103. 0004-6256. 1999AJ....118.2014W. astro-ph/9907283. 73667751.
  10. Helsdon. Stephen F.. Ponman. Trevor J.. O'Sullivan. Ewan. Forbes. Duncan A.. 2001-08-01. X-ray luminosities of galaxies in groups. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 325. 2. 693–706. 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04490.x. free . 0035-8711. 2001MNRAS.325..693H. astro-ph/0103293. 17732882.
  11. Web site: NGC 4074. sim-id. 2019-02-09.
  12. Winter. Lisa M.. Lewis. Karen T.. Koss. Michael. Veilleux. Sylvain. Keeney. Brian. Mushotzky. Richard F.. 2010-02-01. Optical Spectral Properties of Swift Burst Alert Telescope Hard X-Ray-Selected Active Galactic Nuclei Sources. The Astrophysical Journal. 710. 1. 503–539. 10.1088/0004-637X/710/1/503. 0004-637X. 2010ApJ...710..503W. 1001.0049. 118724440.
  13. Weedman. D. W.. 1978-07-01. More Seyfert galaxies.. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 184. 11P–13P. 10.1093/mnras/184.1.11P. 0035-8711. 1978MNRAS.184P..11W. free.
  14. Woo. Jong-Hak. Urry. C. Megan. 2002-11-01. Active Galactic Nucleus Black Hole Masses and Bolometric Luminosities. The Astrophysical Journal. 579. 2. 530–544. 10.1086/342878. 0004-637X. 2002ApJ...579..530W. astro-ph/0207249. 118160249.

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