Astronomy:NGC 1132

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Eridanus
NGC 1132
Telescope image of NGC 1132
A visible light image of NGS1132 with X-ray emission superimposed (rendered in blue)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationEridanus
Right ascension 02h 52m 51.82s[1]
Declination−01° 16′ 29.0″[1]
Redshift6871 km/s[2]
Helio radial velocity0.023189[2]
Distance263.9 Mly (80.91 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.9[2]
Characteristics
TypeE[2]
Other designations
UGC 2359, MCG+00-08-040, PGC 10891[2]

NGC 1132 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Eridanus.[4] The galaxy was discovered by John Herschel on November 23, 1827.[5] It is located at a distance of about 318 million light-years away from Earth.[6]

NGC 1132 and nearby small galaxies are known as a "fossil group" that resulted from the merger of a group of galaxies.[4] It is notable for being the prototype example of the class of fossil galaxy groups.[7] The identification as a fossil group was made in 1999.[8] This group contains an enormous amount of dark matter and a large amount of hot gas that emits X-ray radiation.[9] The galaxy is surrounded by thousands of globular star clusters.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cutri, Roc M.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Beichman, Charles A.; Carpenter, John M.; Chester, Thomas; Cambresy, Laurent; Evans, Tracey E. et al. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues 2246: II/246. Bibcode: 2003yCat.2246....0C. http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=II/246. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "NGC 1132". Université de Strasbourg/CNRS. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+1132. 
  3. ↑ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal 152 (2): 21. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50. Bibcode: 2016AJ....152...50T. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Gargantuan galaxy NGC 1132 - a cosmic fossil?". NASA/ESA. February 5, 2008. https://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic0804/. 
  5. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1100 - 1149". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc11.htm#1132. 
  6. ↑ Nowakowski, Tomasz (June 27, 2017). "Galaxy NGC 1132 has a disturbed hot halo, study finds". Science X. https://phys.org/news/2017-06-galaxy-ngc-disturbed-hot-halo.html. 
  7. ↑ Alamo-Martínez1, K. A.; West1, M. J.; Blakeslee, J. P.; González-Lópezlira, R. A.; Jordán, A.; Gregg, M.; Côté, P.; Drinkwater, M. J. et al. (October 2012). "Globular cluster systems in fossil groups: NGC 6482, NGC1132,and ESO 306-017". Astronomy & Astrophysics 546 (A15): A15. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219285. Bibcode: 2012A&A...546A..15A. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2012/10/aa19285-12.pdf. Retrieved September 24, 2020. 
  8. ↑ Martínez, Álamo; Adriana, Karla (2015). Globular Clusters: Jewels to Trace the Structure of Galaxies. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. 65. ISBN 9786070268106. https://www.posgrado.unam.mx/publicaciones/ant_col-posg/60_Globular_Clusters.pdf. Retrieved 2020-09-24. 
  9. ↑ "NGC 1132: A Mysterious Elliptical Galaxy". NASA. February 5, 2008. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/multimedia/photos08-014.html. 
  10. ↑ "The Gargantuan Galaxy NGC 1132". ESA. February 5, 2008. https://sci.esa.int/web/hubble/-/42330-the-gargantuan-galaxy-ngc-1132. 
HST image of NGC 1132




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