NGC 708 explained

NGC 708
Upright:1.15
Constellation Name:Andromeda
Epoch:J2000
Type:E[1]
Dist Ly:73.3Mpc
Z:0.016195
H Radial V:4,855 km/s
Group Cluster:Abell 262
Appmag V:13.70
Size V:3.0 x 2.5
Size:~62kpc (estimated)
Names:CGCG 522-39, MCG 6-5-31, PGC 6962, UGC 1348, B2 0149+35

NGC 708 is an elliptical galaxy located 240 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Andromeda and was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on September 21, 1786.[3] It is classified as a cD galaxy[4] [5] and is the brightest member of Abell 262.[6] [7] NGC 708 is a weak FR I radio galaxy[8] [9] [10] [11] and is also classified as a type 2 Seyfert galaxy.[12]

NGC 708 is surrounded by 4,700 globular clusters.[13]

Dust lane

Discovered in 1979 by Kotanyi et al., NGC 708 has a thin dust lane[14] with an irregular structure.[15] [16] [17] Besides the dust lane, there are also patches of dust that cross the nucleus. These features are oriented nearly perpendicular to the radio emission of the galaxy.[18] [19] [20] [21] [6] The lane appears to be a nearly edge-on dust disk[22] with a length of 5kpc.[23]

The dust lane appears to have formed from a cooling accretion flow of intracluster medium (ICM) onto NGC 708.

Supermassive black hole

NGC 708 has a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of (M☉) (108.46) .[24]

The supermassive black hole is powering the radio jets and lobes in the galaxy.

Radio morphology

NGC 708 contains two radio jets that are mildly bent[25] and extend into ''s'' shaped double radio lobes with a total length of 60kpc.

Chandra observations have shown that the lobes have created a cavity in the intracluster medium of Abell 262.

Possible interaction

NGC 708 may be interacting with NGC 705 which lies about 20.6kpc to the south-west.

See also

Notes and References

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