Astronomy:NGC 1961

From HandWiki
NGC 1961
NGC 1961 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCamelopardalis[1]
Right ascension 05h 42m 04.6477s[2]
Declination+69° 22′ 42.375″[2]
Redshift0.013122[2]
Helio radial velocity3,934±1 km/s[2]
Distance145.42 ± 27.36 Mly (44.586 ± 8.390 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)10.9[1]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)c [2]
Size~240,100 ly (73.62 kpc) (estimated)[2]
Apparent size (V)4.5′ × 3.1′[1]
Other designations
IRAS 05365+6921, IC 2133, Arp 184, UGC 3334, MCG+12-06-007, PGC 17625[2]

Coordinates: Sky map 05h 42m 04.6477s, +69° 22′ 42.375″ NGC 1961 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis.[1] It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 3 December 1788.[3] It was also observed by Guillaume Bigourdan on 22 December 1891, causing it to be listed in the Index Catalogue as IC 2133.[3] Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background for is 3,909±2 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 188.0 ± 13.2 Mly (57.65 ± 4.04 Mpc).[2] However, seven non redshift measurements give a much closer distance of 145.42 ± 27.36 Mly (44.586 ± 8.390 Mpc).[4]

The galaxy has been distorted, however no companion has been detected nor double nuclei that could show a recent merger. Its outer arms are highly irregular. Two long straight arms extend from the north side of the galaxy.[5] A luminous X-ray corona has been detected around the galaxy.[6][7] NGC 1961 is the central member of the small group of nine galaxies, the NGC 1961 group.[5]

Supernovae

Four supernovae have been observed in NGC 1961:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Finlay, Warren H. (2014). Concise Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objects. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (2nd ed.). Springer Cham. p. 184. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-03170-5. ISBN 978-3-319-03169-9. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Results for object NGC 1961". NASA and Caltech. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+1961. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 1961". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc19a.htm#1961. 
  4. ↑ "Distance Results for NGC 1961". NASA. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+1961. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Epinat, B.; Amram, P.; Marcelin, M.; Balkowski, C.; Daigle, O.; Hernandez, O.; Chemin, L.; Carignan, C. et al. (1 August 2008). "GHASP: an Hα kinematic survey of spiral and irregular galaxies – VI. New Hα data cubes for 108 galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 388 (2): 500–550. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13422.x. Bibcode: 2008MNRAS.388..500E. 
  6. ↑ Michael E. Anderson and Joel N. Bregman (August 2011). "Detection of a Hot Gaseous Halo around the Giant Spiral Galaxy NGC 1961". The Astrophysical Journal 737 (1): 10. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/737/1/22. Bibcode: 2011ApJ...737...22A. 
  7. ↑ Bogdán, Ákos; Forman, William R.; Vogelsberger, Mark; Bourdin, Hervé; Sijacki, Debora; Mazzotta, Pasquale; Kraft, Ralph P.; Jones, Christine et al. (1 August 2013). "Hot X-Ray Coronae around Massive Spiral Galaxies: A Unique Probe of Structure Formation Models". The Astrophysical Journal 772 (2): 97. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/772/2/97. Bibcode: 2013ApJ...772...97B. 
  8. ↑ Li, W. D.; Modjaz, M.; Halderson, E.; Shefler, T.; King, J. Y.; Papenkova, M.; Treffers, R. R.; Filippenko, A. V. (1998). "Supernova 1998eb in NGC 1961". International Astronomical Union Circular (7016): 1. Bibcode: 1998IAUC.7016....1L. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/07000/07016.html#Item1. 
  9. ↑ "SN 1998eb". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1998eb. 
  10. ↑ Qiu, Y. L.; Hu, J. Y.; Papenkova, M.; Schwartz, M. (2001). "Supernova 2001is in NGC 1961". International Astronomical Union Circular (7782): 1. Bibcode: 2001IAUC.7782....1Q. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/07700/07782.html#Item1. 
  11. ↑ "SN 2001is". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2001is. 
  12. ↑ Itagaki, K.; Nakano, S.; Elenin, L.; Molotov, I.; Ochner, P.; Tomasella, L.; Pastorello, A.; Benetti, S. et al. (2013). "Supernova 2013cc in NGC 1961 = PSN J05415876+6921409". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (3512): 1. Bibcode: 2013CBET.3512....1I. 
  13. ↑ "SN 2013cc". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2013cc. 
  14. ↑ Itagaki, Koichi. "Transient Name Server SN 2021vaz Discovery Certificate". TNS. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2021vaz/discovery-cert. 
  15. ↑ "SN 2021vaz". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2021vaz. 

Template:NGC objects:1001-2000