Astronomy:Malin 1

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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices
Malin 1
Malin 1 Legacy Survey DR10.png
Image by the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys, Data Release 10
Observation data (J2000.0[1] epoch)
ConstellationComa Berenices [2]
Right ascension 12h 36m 59.34697s [1]
Declination+14° 19′ 49.1585″ [1]
Redshift0.082702±0.000013 [3]
Helio radial velocity24750±10 km/s [3]
Galactocentric velocity24707±10 km/s [3]
Distance (comoving)373.4 ± 26.1 Mpc (1,218 ± 85.13 Mly)h−10.6774[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)15.809±0.009[3]
Absolute magnitude (V)−22.01±0.50[3]
Characteristics
TypeSB0a [1]
Mass~1012[4] M☉
Size34.11 to 36.39 kpc
(111,250 to 118,690 ly)
(diameter; D25.0 B-band and 2MASS K-band total isophotes)[3][lower-alpha 1]
Apparent size (V)0.25′ × 0.23′[3]
Notable featuresSurrounded by a H I disk
Other designations
PGC 42102, LEDA 42102, VPC 1091, 2MASX J12365934+1419494, Gaia DR2 3932516418935413504[1]

Malin 1 is a giant low surface brightness (LSB) spiral galaxy.[1][5] It is located 1.19 billion light-years (366 Mpc) away in the constellation Coma Berenices, near the North Galactic Pole. (As of February 2015), it is the largest known spiral galaxy, with an approximate diameter of 650,000 light-years (200,000 pc),[6][7][8] thus over six times the diameter of our Milky Way. It was discovered by astronomer David Malin in 1986 and is the first LSB galaxy verified to exist.[5][8][6] Its high surface brightness central spiral is 30,000 light-years (9,200 pc) across, with a bulge of 10,000 light-years (3,100 pc).[6] The central spiral is a SB0a type barred-spiral.[6]

Malin 1 is peculiar in several ways: its diameter alone would make it the largest barred spiral galaxy ever to have been observed.[4]

Malin 1 was found later to be interacting with two other galaxies, Malin 1B and SDSS J123708.91+142253.2. Malin 1B is located 46,000 light-years (14,000 pc) away from the high surface brightness central spiral of Malin 1, which may be responsible for the formation of the galaxy's central bar. Meanwhile, SDSS J123708.91+142253.2 is located within the huge, faint halo of Malin 1 and might have caused the formation of the extended low surface brightness disc through tidal stripping.

Observations by Galaz et al. in April 2014 revealed a detailed view of the spiral structure of Malin 1 in optical bands. The galaxy exhibits giant and very faint spiral arms, with some segments up to 33,000 light-years (10,000 pc) in diameter. Other details, such as possible stellar streams and formation regions, are revealed as well.[9] The same authors also say that Malin 1 is larger than thought, with another estimated diameter of around 750,000 light-years (230,000 pc).[9]

Gallery

  • Processed image of Malin 1 by Giuseppe Donatiello showing its weak spiral arms.

  • Malin 1 imaged in grayscale by the Hubble Space Telescope.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The quoted diameter in this infobox was based on NED's provided scale "Virgo + GA + Shapley" of 1.811 kpc/arcsec multiplied with given angular diameters.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "2MASX J12365934+1419494". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=2MASX+J12365934%2B1419494. 
  2. ↑ "PGC 42102". WikiSky. http://server1.wikisky.org/starview?object_type=2&object_id=897939. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "Detailed Information for Object Malin 1". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=58675. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Barth, Aaron J. (March 2007). "A Normal Stellar Disk in the Galaxy Malin 1". The Astronomical Journal 133 (3): 1085–1091. doi:10.1086/511180. Bibcode: 2007AJ....133.1085B. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bothun, Gregory D. (February 1997). "The Ghostliest Galaxies". Scientific American 276 (2): 56–61. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0297-56. Bibcode: 1997SciAm.276b..40B. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Crosswell, Ken (22 January 2007). "Malin 1: A Bizarre Galaxy Gets Slightly Less So". KenCroswell.com. http://kencroswell.com/Malin1.html. 
  7. ↑ Dorminey, Bruce (22 December 2013). "Astronomers Still Puzzle Over 'Low Surface Brightness' Galaxies". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2013/12/22/astronomers-still-puzzle-over-low-surface-brightness-galaxies/. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Glenday, Craig, ed (2011). Guinness World Records 2011. New York: Random House. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-440-42310-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=GJ-Lts1QgrkC&pg=PA3. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Galaz, Gaspar et al. (December 2015). "Deep Optical Images of Malin 1 Reveal New Features". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 815 (2): L29. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/815/2/L29. Bibcode: 2015ApJ...815L..29G. 

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