NGC 4090 is a spiral galaxy located 340 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Coma Berenices.[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 2, 1864[4] and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.[5][6][7][8]
| NGC 4090 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 4090 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Right ascension | 12h 05m 27.9s[1] |
| Declination | 20° 18′ 32″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.024460[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 7333 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 340 Mly (104 Mpc)[1] |
| Group or cluster | NGC 4065 Group |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.85[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sab[1] |
| Size | ~135,000 ly (41.4 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.2 x 0.5[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 07077, PGC 038288, MCG +04-29-015[1] | |
On April 5, 2018 a type Ia supernova designated as SN 2018aqh was discovered in NGC 4090.[10][11][12][13]
See also
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edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4090. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4090". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
- ^ Tifft, W. G.; Gregory, S. A. (1979-07-01). "Band theory applied to the Coma/A1367 supercluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 231: 23–27. Bibcode:1979ApJ...231...23T. doi:10.1086/157158. ISSN 0004-637X.
- ^ Burns, Jack O.; Hanisch, Robert J.; White, Richard A.; Nelson, Eric R.; Morrisette, Kim A.; Moody, J. Ward (1987-09-01). "A VLA 20 CM survey of poor groups of galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 94: 587–617. Bibcode:1987AJ.....94..587B. doi:10.1086/114494. ISSN 0004-6256.
- ^ White, Richard A.; Bliton, Mark; Bhavsar, Suketu P.; Bornmann, Patricia; Burns, Jack O.; Ledlow, Michael J.; Loken, Christen (1999-11-01). "A Catalog of Nearby Poor Clusters of Galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 118 (5): 2014–2037. arXiv:astro-ph/9907283. Bibcode:1999AJ....118.2014W. doi:10.1086/301103. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 73667751.
- ^ Freeland, E.; Stilp, A.; Wilcots, E. (2009-07-01). "H I Observations of Five Groups of Galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 138 (1): 295–304. arXiv:0905.3907. Bibcode:2009AJ....138..295F. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/138/1/295. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 15714969.
- ^ "NGC 4090". sim-id. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ "List of supernovae sorted by host name". Bright Supernova - Archives. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ "Bright Supernovae - 2018". rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- ^ "SN 2018aqh | Transient Name Server". wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- ^ "SN2018aqh - The Open Supernova Catalog". Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
External links
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Media related to NGC 4090 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 4090 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
