NGC 4090

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)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension 12h 05m 27.9s[1]
Declination20° 18′ 32″[1]
Redshift0.024460[1]
Helio radial velocity7333 km/s[1]
Distance340 Mly (104 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterNGC 4065 Group
Apparent magnitude (V)14.85[1]
Characteristics
TypeSab[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]

NGC 4090 hosts an AGN.[9]

On April 5, 2018 a type Ia supernova designated as SN 2018aqh was discovered in NGC 4090.[10][11][12][13]

See also

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4090. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  3. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4090". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. "NGC 4090". sim-id. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  10. "List of supernovae sorted by host name". Bright Supernova - Archives. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  11. "Bright Supernovae - 2018". rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  12. "SN 2018aqh | Transient Name Server". wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  13. "SN2018aqh - The Open Supernova Catalog". Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  • Media related to NGC 4090 at Wikimedia Commons


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