NGC 4605 is a dwarf barred spiral galaxy[6] in the constellation Ursa Major, located at a distance of 18.1 ± 0.3 megalight-years from the Milky Way.[5] Physically it is similar in size and in B-band absolute magnitude to the Large Magellanic Cloud.[6] It is a member of the M81 Galaxy Group, along with Messier 81 and Messier 101.[9]
| NGC 4605 | |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 12h 39m 59.381s[2] |
| Declination | +61° 36′ 33.09″[2] |
| Redshift | 0.000484±0.000020[3] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 143 ± 5 km/s[4] |
| Distance | 18.10 ± 0.33 Mly (5.55 ± 0.10 Mpc)[5] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.9[4] |
| Absolute magnitude (B) | –18.10[6] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBc[6] or SB(s)c pec[4] |
| Mass/Light ratio | 0.25±0.03[6] M☉/L☉ |
| Apparent size (V) | 6.03′ × 2.45′[7] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 7831,[8] PGC 42408[4] | |
References
edit- ^ "The scale of the Universe". ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Paturel, G.; et al. (2002). "Comparison LEDA/SIMBAD octobre 2002. Catalogue to be published in 2003". LEDA. Bibcode:2002LEDA.........0P.
- ^ a b c d "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4605. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
- ^ a b Tully, R. Brent; et al. (October 2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 25. arXiv:1307.7213. Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID 118494842. 86.
- ^ a b c d e Bolatto, A. D.; et al. (August 2002). "The Density Profile of the Dark Matter Halo of NGC 4605". Astrophysical Journal. 565 (1): 238–243. arXiv:astro-ph/0108050. Bibcode:2002ApJ...565..238B. doi:10.1086/324596. S2CID 9316982.
- ^ Paturel, G.; et al. (December 2003). "HYPERLEDA. I. Identification and designation of galaxies". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 412: 45–55. Bibcode:2003A&A...412...45P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031411.
- ^ "NGC 4605". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ Karachentsev, Igor D.; Kaisin, Serafim S. (May 2007). "A View of the M81 Galaxy Group via the Hα Window". The Astronomical Journal. 133 (5): 1883–1902. arXiv:astro-ph/0701465. Bibcode:2007AJ....133.1883K. doi:10.1086/512127. S2CID 117916931.
External links
edit- "Distance Results for NGC 4605". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
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