Jump to content

NGC 2276: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Zoranknez (talk | contribs)
46 edits
mNo edit summary
expand
 
(17 intermediate revisions by 13 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Cepheus}}
{{Infobox galaxy
{{Infobox galaxy
| name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 2276
| name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 2276
Line 6: Line 7:
| credit = [[NASA]]/[[STScI]]/[[WikiSky]]
| credit = [[NASA]]/[[STScI]]/[[WikiSky]]
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| type = SAB(rs)c <ref name="ned">{{cite web
| type = SAB(rs)c<ref name="ned">{{cite web
| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
| work=Results for NGC 2276
| work=Results for NGC 2276
| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+2276
| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+2276
| accessdate=2006-11-18 }}</ref>
| access-date=2006-11-18 }}</ref>
| ra = {{RA|07|27|14.3}}<ref name="ned" />
| ra = {{RA|07|27|14.3}}<ref name="ned" />
| dec = {{DEC|+85|45|15}}<ref name="ned" />
| dec = {{DEC|+85|45|15}}<ref name="ned" />
Line 16: Line 17:
| z = 2416 ± 2 [[kilometer|km]]/[[second|s]]<ref name="ned" />
| z = 2416 ± 2 [[kilometer|km]]/[[second|s]]<ref name="ned" />
| appmag_v = 11.8
| appmag_v = 11.8
| size_v = 2&prime;.8 &times; 2&prime;.7<ref name="ned" />
| size_v = 2.8{{prime}} × 2.7{{prime}}<ref name="ned" />
| constellation name = [[Cepheus (constellation)|Cepheus]]
| constellation name = [[Cepheus (constellation)|Cepheus]]
| notes =
| notes =
| names = [[Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 3740, [[Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies|Arp]] 25, Arp 114, [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 21039<ref name="ned" />
| names = [[Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 3740, [[Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies|Arp]] 25, Arp 114, [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 21039<ref name="ned" />
}}
}}
'''NGC 2276''' is an [[intermediate spiral galaxy]] in the constellation [[Cepheus (constellation)|Cepheus]]. The galaxy lies 105 million light-years away from Earth. NGC 2276 has an asymmetrical appearance, most likely caused by gravitational interactions with its neighbor, [[elliptical galaxy]] [[NGC 2300]]. One of the many starburst spiral arms contains an intermediate mass [[black hole]] with 50,000 times the mass of the [[Sun]], named NGC 2276-3c. NGC 2276-3c has produced two jets: a large-scale radio jet, approximately 2,000 light years long, and an "inner jet" about 6 light years long. The galaxy shows an enhanced rate of star formation that may have been triggered by a collision with a dwarf galaxy,<ref>{{cite web|title=NGC 2276: NASA's Chandra Finds Intriguing Member of Black Hole Family Tree|url=http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/ngc2276/|website=Chandra X-ray Center|accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Harbaugh|first1=Jennifer|title=NASA's Chandra Finds Intriguing Member of Black Hole Family Tree|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/intriguing-member-of-black-hole-family-tree.html|website=NASA|accessdate=2 January 2016|date=2015-02-26}}</ref> or by the gravitational interaction with its neighbor compressing gas and dust.
'''NGC 2276''' is an [[intermediate spiral galaxy]] in the constellation [[Cepheus (constellation)|Cepheus]]. The galaxy lies 120 million light-years away from Earth. NGC 2276 has an asymmetrical appearance, most likely caused by gravitational interactions with its neighbor, [[elliptical galaxy]] [[NGC 2300]]. NGC 2276 is traveling with an orbital velocity of about 968 km/s due to its neighbor. Trailing NGC 2276 is a long tail of [[interstellar medium]] about 300,000 light-years (100,000 kpc) long, formed by [[ram pressure]] stripping.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202450672 | title=A 100 kpc ram pressure tail trailing the group galaxy NGC 2276 | date=2024 | last1=Roberts | first1=I. D. | last2=Van Weeren | first2=R. J. | last3=De Gasperin | first3=F. | last4=Botteon | first4=A. | last5=Edler | first5=H. W. | last6=Ignesti | first6=A. | last7=Matijević | first7=L. | last8=Tomičić | first8=N. | journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics | volume=689 | pages=A22 | arxiv=2406.09221 | bibcode=2024A&A...689A..22R }}</ref>
One of the many starburst spiral arms contains an intermediate mass [[black hole]] with 50,000 times the mass of the [[Sun]], named NGC 2276-3c. NGC 2276-3c has produced two jets: a large-scale radio jet, approximately 2,000 light years long, and an "inner jet" about 6 light years long. The galaxy shows an enhanced rate of star formation that may have been triggered by a collision with a dwarf galaxy,<ref>{{cite web|title=NGC 2276: NASA's Chandra Finds Intriguing Member of Black Hole Family Tree|url=http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/ngc2276/|website=Chandra X-ray Center|access-date=2 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Harbaugh|first1=Jennifer|title=NASA's Chandra Finds Intriguing Member of Black Hole Family Tree|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/intriguing-member-of-black-hole-family-tree.html|website=NASA|access-date=2 January 2016|date=2015-02-26}}</ref> or by the gravitational interaction with its neighbor compressing gas and dust.


It was discovered by [[Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke]] in 1876. In the [[Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies]], the galaxy is mentioned twice, once as Arp 25, in the category spiral galaxies with one heavy arm, and one more time as Arp 114, in the category elliptical galaxies close to and perturbing spiral galaxies, in pair with NGC 2300.
It was discovered by [[Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke]] in 1876. In the [[Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies]], the galaxy is mentioned twice, once as Arp 25, in the category spiral galaxies with one heavy arm, and one more time as Arp 114, in the category elliptical galaxies close to and perturbing spiral galaxies, in pair with NGC 2300.


NGC 2276 has been home to six [[supernova]]e in the last 60 years; SN 1962Q (mag 16.9), SN 1968V (mag 15.7), SN 1968W (mag 16.6), SN 1993X (type II, mag. 16.3), SN 2005dl (type II, mag. 17.1)<ref>[http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/lists/Supernovae.html List of Supernovae] ''[[IAU]] Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams''. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref> and SN 2016gfy (type II, mag 16.3).<ref>[http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=9498 Spectroscopic classification of SN 2016gfy with the Nordic Optical Telescope] ''The Astronomer's Telegram''. Retrieved 17 October 2016.</ref>
NGC 2276 has been home to six [[supernova]]e since 1962.<ref>[http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/lists/Supernovae.html List of Supernovae] ''[[IAU]] Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams''. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref><ref name=ATEL9498>[http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=9498 Spectroscopic classification of SN 2016gfy with the Nordic Optical Telescope] ''The Astronomer's Telegram''. Retrieved 17 October 2016.</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.9em;"
|+Supernovae in NGC 2276<ref name="Bishop-2016gfy">[https://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2016/index.html#2016gfy 2016gfy] in NGC 2276 (David Bishop)</ref>
! Supernova
! [[apparent magnitude|apmag]]
! type
|-
| 2016gfy<ref name=ATEL9498/> || 15.5 || [[Type II supernova|II]]
|-
| 2005dl || 16.5 || II
|-
| 1993X || 16.3 || II
|-
| 1968W || 16.6 || ?
|-
| 1968V || 15.7 || ?
|-
| 1962Q || 16.9 || ?
|}


== Gallery ==
⚫
[[File:NGC_2276_(Hubble_Space_Telescope_-_WFC3,_336_nm,_438_nm,_555_nm).jpg|alt=|thumb|260x280px|HST Image]]
<gallery mode=packed heights="300">
⚫
File:NGC_2276_(Hubble_Space_Telescope_-_WFC3,_336_nm,_438_nm,_555_nm).jpg|alt=|HST Image
File:Hubble_Captures_NGC_2276.jpg|The trailing arms of NGC 2276<ref>{{cite web|title=Hubble Inspects a Contorted Spiral Galaxy|url=https://esahubble.org/news/heic2106/ |access-date=June 8, 2021}}</ref>


</gallery>
== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
Line 41: Line 67:
{{Cepheus (constellation)}}
{{Cepheus (constellation)}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:NGC 2276}}
[[Category:Cepheus (constellation)]]
[[Category:Cepheus (constellation)]]
[[Category:Intermediate spiral galaxies]]
[[Category:Intermediate spiral galaxies]]
Line 47: Line 74:
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|21039]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|21039]]
[[Category:Arp objects|025]]
[[Category:Arp objects|025]]
[[Category:Interacting galaxies]]

Latest revision as of 01:01, 20 September 2024

NGC 2276
NGC 2276 (left) and NGC 2300 (right)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCepheus
Right ascension07h 27m 14.3s[1]
Declination+85° 45′ 15″[1]
Redshift2416 ± 2 km/s[1]
Distance120 Mly (36.8 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.8
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)c[1]
Apparent size (V)2.8′ × 2.7′[1]
Other designations
UGC 3740, Arp 25, Arp 114, PGC 21039[1]

NGC 2276 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Cepheus. The galaxy lies 120 million light-years away from Earth. NGC 2276 has an asymmetrical appearance, most likely caused by gravitational interactions with its neighbor, elliptical galaxy NGC 2300. NGC 2276 is traveling with an orbital velocity of about 968 km/s due to its neighbor. Trailing NGC 2276 is a long tail of interstellar medium about 300,000 light-years (100,000 kpc) long, formed by ram pressure stripping.[2]

One of the many starburst spiral arms contains an intermediate mass black hole with 50,000 times the mass of the Sun, named NGC 2276-3c. NGC 2276-3c has produced two jets: a large-scale radio jet, approximately 2,000 light years long, and an "inner jet" about 6 light years long. The galaxy shows an enhanced rate of star formation that may have been triggered by a collision with a dwarf galaxy,[3][4] or by the gravitational interaction with its neighbor compressing gas and dust.

It was discovered by Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke in 1876. In the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, the galaxy is mentioned twice, once as Arp 25, in the category spiral galaxies with one heavy arm, and one more time as Arp 114, in the category elliptical galaxies close to and perturbing spiral galaxies, in pair with NGC 2300.

NGC 2276 has been home to six supernovae since 1962.[5][6]

Supernovae in NGC 2276[7]
Supernova apmag type
2016gfy[6] 15.5 II
2005dl 16.5 II
1993X 16.3 II
1968W 16.6 ?
1968V 15.7 ?
1962Q 16.9 ?
[edit]
  • HST Image
  • The trailing arms of NGC 2276[8]
    The trailing arms of NGC 2276[8]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 2276. Retrieved 2006-11-18.
  2. ^ Roberts, I. D.; Van Weeren, R. J.; De Gasperin, F.; Botteon, A.; Edler, H. W.; Ignesti, A.; Matijević, L.; Tomičić, N. (2024). "A 100 kpc ram pressure tail trailing the group galaxy NGC 2276". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 689: A22. arXiv:2406.09221. Bibcode:2024A&A...689A..22R. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202450672.
  3. ^ "NGC 2276: NASA's Chandra Finds Intriguing Member of Black Hole Family Tree". Chandra X-ray Center. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. ^ Harbaugh, Jennifer (2015-02-26). "NASA's Chandra Finds Intriguing Member of Black Hole Family Tree". NASA. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. ^ List of Supernovae IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b Spectroscopic classification of SN 2016gfy with the Nordic Optical Telescope The Astronomer's Telegram. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  7. ^ 2016gfy in NGC 2276 (David Bishop)
  8. ^ "Hubble Inspects a Contorted Spiral Galaxy". Retrieved June 8, 2021.
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to NGC 2276.


Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=NGC_2276&oldid=1246614158"