NGC 918 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Aries, about 67 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by John Herschel on Jan 11, 1831.[4]
| NGC 918 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 918 by the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Aries |
| Right ascension | 02h 25m 50s[1] |
| Declination | +18° 29′ 46″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.005027[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1507 ± 3 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 20.6±1.5 mpc [3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.01[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 16.0[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(rs)c[2] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 918,MCG+03-07-011, LEDA 9236[1] | |
The brightness class of NGC 918 is III and it has a broad line of neutral hydrogen. NGC 918 is also an active nucleus galaxy (AGN). Moreover, it is a field galaxy; that is to say, it does not belong to a cluster or group and is therefore gravitationally isolated.[5]
Many non-redshift measures give a distance of 19,115 ± 6,160 Mpc (~62,3 million ly),[6] which is within the distances calculated using the value shift.[3]
Two supernovae have been observed in this galaxy. SN 2009js (type II, mag. 17.2) was discovered on October 11, 2009.[5][7][8][9] This was the first subluminous supernova to be studied in infrared wavelengths.[10] Supernova SN 2011ek (type Ia, mag. 16.4) was discovered on Aug. 4, 2011 by Kōichi Itagaki.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "NGC 918". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ a b c "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ a b We obtain the distance that separates us from a galaxy using Hubble's law: v = Hod, where Ho is the Hubble constant (70 ± 5 (km / s) / Mpc). The relative uncertainty Δd / d over the distance is equal to the sum of the relative uncertainties of the velocity and Ho.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 900 - 949". New General Catalog Objects: NGC 900 - 949. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu.
- ^ "NED Query Results for NGC 918". ned.ipac.caltech.edu.
- ^ "APOD: 2009 November 12 - Art and Science in NGC 918".
- ^ SN 2009js at the Crossroads between Normal and Subluminous Type IIP Supernovae: Optical and Mid-infrared Evolution, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 767, Issue 2, article id. 166, 15 pp. (2013).
- ^ "Supernova 2009js in NGC 918". www.rochesterastronomy.org.
- ^ Gandhi, P.; Yamanaka, M.; Tanaka, M.; Nozawa, T.; Kawabata, K. S.; Saviane, I.; Maeda, K.; Moriya, T. J.; Hattori, T.; Sasada, M.; Itoh, R. (2013). "SN 2009js at the Crossroads between Normal and Subluminous Type IIP Supernovae: Optical and Mid-infrared Evolution". The Astrophysical Journal. 767 (2): 166. arXiv:1303.1565. Bibcode:2013ApJ...767..166G. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/767/2/166. S2CID 54036464.
- ^ Nakano, S.; Yamaoka, H.; Kadota, K.; Tsuboi, M.; Balam, D. D.; Graham, M. L.; Hsiao, E. Y.; Green, D. W. E. (2011). "Supernova 2011ek near NGC 918 = PSN J02254889+1832000". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams. 2783: 1. Bibcode:2011CBET.2783....1N.
- ^ "Supernova 2011ek in NGC 918". www.rochesterastronomy.org.
External links
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