NGC 3619
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| NGC 3619 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 3619 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 11h 19m 21.621s[1] |
| Declination | +57° 45′ 27.66″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.005240[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1567 ± 47 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 87 Mly (26.8 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.6[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | (R)SA(s)0+[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 6330, MCG +10-16-115, PGC 34641[2] | |
NGC 3619 is an unbarred[4] lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on March 18, 1790.[5]
NGC 3619 is part of a rich galaxy cluster. It also has a relatively large amount of gas.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ a b c d "NGC 3619". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ Cappellari, Michele; et al. (11 May 2011). "The ATLAS3D project – I. A volume-limited sample of 260 nearby early-type galaxies: science goals and selection criteria". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 413 (2): 813–836. arXiv:1012.1551. Bibcode:2011MNRAS.413..813C. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18174.x. S2CID 15391206.
- ^ a b c Sil'chenko, Olga K.; Moiseev, Alexei V.; Egorov, Oleg V. (2019). "The Gas Kinematics, Excitation, and Chemistry, in Connection with Star Formation, in Lenticular Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 244 (1): 6. arXiv:1907.07261. Bibcode:2019ApJS..244....6S. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab3415. S2CID 197431133.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3600 - 3649". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
External links
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Media related to NGC 3619 at Wikimedia Commons
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