Astronomy:CGCG 049-033

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Serpens
CGCG 049-033
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationSerpens
Right ascension 15h 11m 31.4s[1]
Declination+07° 15′ 07″[1]
Redshift0.04483[1]
Helio radial velocity13139 km/s[1]
Distance675.2 Mly (207.01 Mpc)[2]
Group or clusterAbell 2040[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.98[2]
Characteristics
TypeE[1]
Apparent size (V)0.597 × 0.537[1]
Other designations
PGC 54213, 2MASX J15113138+0715068[1]

CGCG 049-033 is an elliptical galaxy, located some 680 million light-years from Earth,[2] in the constellation of Serpens. It is the central galaxy (BCG) of the galaxy cluster Abell 2040.[3]

CGCG 049-033 is known for having the longest galactic jet ever discovered. The beam is about 1.5 million light-years long and was discovered in December 2007.[4][5][6] The spectrum of the galaxy suggests a supermassive black hole with a mass of 2×109 M.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Z 49-33". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Z+49-33. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal 152 (2): 50. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. Bibcode2016AJ....152...50T. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bagchi, J.; Gopal-Krishna; Krause, M.; Konar, C.; Joshi, S. (2009). "A Giant Radio Jet of Very Unusual Polarization in a Single-Lobed Radio Galaxy". The Low-Frequency Radio Universe 407: 200. Bibcode2009ASPC..407..200B. 
  4. Gache, Gabriel (December 8, 2007). "Galactic Jet Stream - Longest Ever Discovered !". Softpedia. https://news.softpedia.com/news/Galactic-Jet-Stream-Longest-Ever-Discovered-73252.shtml. 
  5. Battersby, Stephen (December 7, 2007). "Intergalactic particle beam is longest yet found". https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13019-intergalactic-particle-beam-is-longest-yet-found/. 
  6. Joshi, Mohit (December 8, 2007). "Indian astronomers discover longest intergalactic beam". https://www.topnews.in/indian-astronomers-discover-longest-intergalactic-beam-28613.