Astronomy:IC 485
| IC 485 | |
|---|---|
 IC 485 captured by SDSS | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Gemini |
| Right ascension | 08h 00m 19.75s |
| Declination | +26° 42′ 04.99″ |
| Redshift | 0.027827 |
| Helio radial velocity | 8,342 km/s |
| Distance | 375 Mly (114.97 Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 0.13 |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 0.17 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sa, AGN |
| Size | 135,000 ly |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.35' x 0.32' |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 4156, PGC 22443, IRAS 07572+2650 | |
IC 485 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Gemini, located 375 million light years from Earth. It was discovered by the Austrian astronomer, Rudolf Spitaler on March 6, 1891.[1] It has an estimated diameter of 1.35' x 0.32' arcmin, meaning the galaxy is about 135,000 light years across.[2]
IC 485 is a candidate disc-maser galaxy.[3] It has a projected distance of 122.0 ± 8.5 megaparsecs.[4][5] The morphology classification of the galaxy is Sa, and it has a low luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN) of LX ~ 5 x 1042 erg s−1. The AGN activity of IC 485 has been debated. It is either classified a LINER[6][5] or a Seyfert type II galaxy. But its high X-ray luminosity seems to confirm the latter.[7]
Using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array observations, a team of astronomers led by Jeremy Darling discovered a H2O maser containing a broad multi-component. The maser of IC 485 has a peak flux of 80 mJy with an isotopic luminosity of Liso = (868 ± 46)LΘ.[7][8] According to Darling, he was also able to find a faint unresolved radio source with its angular resolution measured as 90 milliarcseconds ≈ 50 parsecs.[7]
In 2022, the galaxy was further studied by another team of astronomers. They discovered, it has two other 22 GHz H2O maser modules with a velocity separation of 472 km s−1. One is located in the central nuclear region while the other is at a redshifted velocity. Based on estimations on its connection with an edge-on disc, IC 485 has a mass of MBH ~ 1.2 x 107 MΘ. According to estimation of its black hole, the galaxy has a core luminosity of 1 x 1036 - 5 x 1037 erg s−1.[7]
References
- ↑ "Index Catalog Objects: IC 450 - 499". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic4a.htm#ic485.
- ↑ "Your NED Search Results". https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=IC+485&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ Ladu, Elisabetta; Tarchi, Andrea; Castangia, Paola; Surcis, Gabriele; Braatz, James A.; Panessa, Francesca; Pesce, Dominic (2024-01-01). "IC 485 : A candidate for a new disk-maser galaxy". Cosmic Masers: Proper Motion Toward the Next-Generation Large Projects 380: 45–49. doi:10.1017/S174392132300248X. Bibcode: 2024IAUS..380...45L.
- ↑ Kamali, F.; Henkel, C.; Brunthaler, A.; Impellizzeri, C. M. V.; Menten, K. M.; Braatz, J. A.; Greene, J. E.; Reid, M. J. et al. (September 2017). "Radio continuum of galaxies with H2O megamaser disks: 33 GHz VLA data". Astronomy & Astrophysics 605: A84. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201730899. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode: 2017A&A...605A..84K. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730899.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "IC 485: a LINER galaxy with an elusive accretion disc! | EVLBI". https://www.evlbi.org/evn-newsletter/may-2024/IC485-liner-galaxy.
- ↑ Liu, Xin; Shen, Yue; Strauss, Michael A.; Hao, Lei (2011-08-01). "Active Galactic Nucleus Pairs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. The Frequency on ~5-100 kpc Scales". The Astrophysical Journal 737 (2): 101. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/737/2/101. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode: 2011ApJ...737..101L. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...737..101L/abstract.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Ladu, E.; Tarchi, A.; Castangia, P.; Surcis, G.; Braatz, J. A.; Panessa, F.; Pesce, D. W. (2024-02-01). "IC 485: A new candidate disc-maser galaxy at ∼100 Mpc - Milliarcsecond resolution study of the galaxy nucleus and the H2O megamaser" (in en). Astronomy & Astrophysics 682: A25. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202347795. ISSN 0004-6361. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/02/aa47795-23/aa47795-23.html#S2.
- ↑ Darling, Jeremy (March 2017). "How to Detect Inclined Water Maser Disks (and Possibly Measure Black Hole Masses)" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal 837 (2): 100. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa6114. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode: 2017ApJ...837..100D.
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