Markarian 335, also known as the Moving Nebula,[4] is an elliptical galaxy, located 324 million light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus.
| Markarian 335 | |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
| Right ascension | 00h 06m 19.582s[1] |
| Declination | +20° 12′ 10.58″[1] |
| Redshift | 7730 km/s[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 0.025785[2] |
| Distance | 490.21 ± 217.40 Mly (150.300 ± 66.654 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.85[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.19[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[3] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.187′[3] |
| Other designations | |
| INTREF 2, 2MASS J00061953+2012105, PGC 473[3] | |
Markarian 335 is a Seyfert galaxy containing a supermassive black hole. The central black hole in this active galaxy nucleus is notable for its corona's spinning rate (at about 20 percent the speed of light) and its change in brightness from 2007 to 2014. The geometry of the corona has been deduced from relativistic blurring of the reflection of the accretion disc. An X-ray flare in 2013 is interpreted as an aborted jet.[5]
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Graph showing the intensity vs. the energy (in keV) of X-rays coming from Markarian 335.
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 "NED results for object MRK 0335". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Mrk 335". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Sky Catalogue 2000.0, Volume 2: Double Stars, Variable Stars and Nonstellar Objects (edited by Alan Hirshfeld and Roger W. Sinnott, 1985), page xlviii (Glossary of Selected Astronomical Names)
- ^ Wilkins, D. R; Gallo, L. C (2015). "Driving extreme variability: The evolving corona and evidence for jet launching in Markarian 335". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 449 (1): 129–146. arXiv:1501.05302. Bibcode:2015MNRAS.449..129W. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv162.
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