NGC 4312

NGC 4312 is an edge-on spiral galaxy[3] located about 55 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on January 14, 1787.[4] NGC 4312 is a member of the Virgo Cluster[5][6][7] and is a LINER galaxy.[8]

NGC 4312
SDSS image of NGC 4312.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension 12h 22m 31.3s[1]
Declination15° 32′ 17″[1]
Redshift0.000510[1]
Helio radial velocity153 km/s[1]
Distance55 Mly (17 Mpc)[2]
Group or clusterVirgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)12.53[1]
Characteristics
TypeSA(rs)ab[1]
Size~59,000 ly (18 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)4.6 x 1.1[1]
Other designations
UGC 07442, VCC 0559, PGC 040095, MCG +03-32-014[1]

It has undergone ram-pressure stripping in the past.[9]

Black Hole

NGC 4312 may harbor an intermediate-mass black hole with an estimated mass ranging from 10,000 (1*10^4) to 300,000 (3*10^5) solar masses.[10]

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See also

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4312. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  2. Hughes, T. M.; Boissier, S.; Buat, V.; Ciesla, L.; Gavazzi, G.; Fossati, M.; Boselli, A. (2015-07-01). "Hα imaging of the Herschel Reference Survey - The star formation properties of a volume-limited, K-band-selected sample of nearby late-type galaxies". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 579: A102. arXiv:1504.01876. Bibcode:2015A&A...579A.102B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201525712. ISSN 0004-6361.
  3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4300 - 4349". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  5. Binggeli, B.; Sandage, A.; Tammann, G. A. (1985-09-01). "Studies of the Virgo Cluster. II - A catalog of 2096 galaxies in the Virgo Cluster area". The Astronomical Journal. 90: 1681–1759. Bibcode:1985AJ.....90.1681B. doi:10.1086/113874. ISSN 0004-6256.
  6. Buta, Ronald J.; Sheth, Kartik; Athanassoula, E.; Bosma, A.; Knapen, Johan H.; Laurikainen, Eija; Salo, Heikki; Elmegreen, Debra; Ho, Luis C. (2015-04-01). "A Classical Morphological Analysis of Galaxies in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G)". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 217 (2): 32. arXiv:1501.00454. Bibcode:2015ApJS..217...32B. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/217/2/32. ISSN 0067-0049.
  7. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  8. Colpi, M.; Bonfanti, C.; Boselli, A.; Cortese, L.; Arosio, I.; Gavazzi, G.; Decarli, R. (2007-07-06). "The census of nuclear activity of late-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 381 (1): 136–150. arXiv:0707.0999v1. Bibcode:2007MNRAS.381..136D. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12208.x.
  9. Palous, J.; Taylor, R.; Jachym, P.; Koppen, J. (2018-06-15). "Ram Pressure Stripping Made Easy: An Analytical Approach". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 479 (4): 4367–4390. arXiv:1806.05887. Bibcode:2018MNRAS.479.4367K. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty1610.
  10. Davis, Benjamin L.; Soria, Roberto; Graham, Alister W. (2019). "Expected intermediate mass black holes in the Virgo cluster. II. Late-type galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 484 (1): 814. arXiv:1811.03232. Bibcode:2019MNRAS.484..814G. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty3068.


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