NGC 4318
Galaxy in the constellation Virgo
NGC 4318 is a small lenticular galaxy [ 3] located about 72 million light-years away[ 5] in the constellation Virgo . It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on January 18, 1828.[ 6] NGC 4318 is a member of the Virgo W′ group ,[ 2] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] a group of galaxies in the background of the Virgo Cluster [ 2] that is centered on the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4365 .[ 9]
Physical characteristics
NGC 4318 contains a small,[ 3] classical bulge [ 10] and a nuclear stellar disc with a diameter of ~230 ly (70 pc ).[ 11] Outside the nuclear stellar disc lies a sharply bounded, low surface brightness region with a diameter of ~1,800 ly (560 pc ) beyond which lies a larger outer disk.[ 3] [ 12]
Black Hole
NGC 4318 harbors a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 4 million ( 5× 106 M☉ ) solar masses .[ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
Globular clusters
NGC 4318 is surrounded by 18 globular clusters .[ 16] [ 17]
See also
References
^ a b c d e f g h i "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database" . Results for NGC 4318 . Retrieved 2019-08-31 .
^ a b c Merritt, David; Anthony, Andre; Peng, Eric; Jordan, Andres; Ferrarese, Laura; West, Michael; Tonry, John; Cote, Patrick; Blakeslee, John (2007-02-20). "The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XIII. SBF Distance Catalog and the Three-Dimensional Structure of the Virgo Cluster". The Astrophysical Journal . 655 (1): 144– 162. arXiv :astro-ph/0702510 . Bibcode :2007ApJ...655..144M . doi :10.1086/509598 . S2CID 16483538 .
^ a b c d Bender, Ralf; Cornell, Mark E.; Fisher, David B.; Kormendy, John (2009). "Structure and Formation of Elliptical and Spheroidal Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series . 182 (1): 216– 309. arXiv :0810.1681 . Bibcode :2009ApJS..182..216K . doi :10.1088/0067-0049/182/1/216 . S2CID 119273143 .
^ Couch, Warrick J.; Forbes, Duncan A.; Hau, George K. T.; Spolaor, Max (2010-07-05). "Early-type galaxies at large galactocentric radii - I. Stellar kinematics and photometric properties" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 408 (1): 254– 271. arXiv :1007.0599v1 . Bibcode :2010MNRAS.408..254S . doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17282.x .
^ "Your NED Search Results" . ned.ipac.caltech.edu . Retrieved 2019-09-01 .
^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4300 - 4349" . cseligman.com . Retrieved 2019-08-19 .
^ West, Michael J.; Tonry, John L.; Peng, Eric W.; Infante, Leopoldo; Ferrarese, Laura; Cote, Patrick; Mei, Simona; Jordan, Andres; Blakeslee, John P. (2009-01-08). "The ACS Fornax Cluster Survey. V. Measurement and Recalibration of Surface Brightness Fluctuations and a Precise Value of the Fornax--Virgo Relative Distance". The Astrophysical Journal . 694 (1): 556– 572. arXiv :0901.1138 . Bibcode :2009ApJ...694..556B . doi :10.1088/0004-637X/694/1/556 . S2CID 16521293 .
^ West, Michael J.; Tonry, John L.; Infante, Leopoldo; Mei, Simona; Kissler-Patig, Markus; Ferrarese, Laura; Cote, Patrick; Blakeslee, John P.; Peng, Eric W. (2010-04-16). "The ACS Fornax Cluster Survey. VIII. The Luminosity Function of Globular Clusters in Virgo and Fornax Early-Type Galaxies and its Use as a Distance Indicator" . The Astrophysical Journal . 717 (2): 603– 616. arXiv :1004.2883v1 . Bibcode :2010ApJ...717..603V . doi :10.1088/0004-637X/717/2/603 .
^ a b Schindler, Sabine ; Vikhlinin, Alexey; Nulsen, Paul E. J.; Li, Zhiyuan; Churazov, Eugene; Zhuravleva, Irina; Zhang, Zhongli; Randall, Scott W.; Blom, Christina (2012-03-07). "Chandra observations of NGC4342, an optically faint, X-ray gas-rich early-type galaxy" . The Astrophysical Journal . 755 (1): 25. arXiv :1203.1642v2 . Bibcode :2012ApJ...755...25B . doi :10.1088/0004-637X/755/1/25 .
^ Romanowsky, Aaron J.; Fall, S. Michael (2018-08-07). "Angular Momentum and Galaxy Formation Revisited: Scaling Relations for Disks and Bulges" . The Astrophysical Journal . 868 (2): 133. arXiv :1808.02525v2 . Bibcode :2018ApJ...868..133F . doi :10.3847/1538-4357/aaeb27 . S2CID 119061427 .
^ Ledo, H. R.; Sarzi, M.; Dotti, M.; Khochfar, S.; Morelli, L. (2010-09-01). "A census of nuclear stellar discs in early-type galaxies" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 407 (2): 969– 985. Bibcode :2010MNRAS.407..969L . doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16990.x . hdl :2299/5422 . ISSN 0035-8711 .
^ West, Michael J.; Tonry, John L.; Milosavljevic, Milos; Merritt, David; Mei, Simona; Piatek, Slawomir; Blakeslee, John P.; Peng, Eric W.; Jordan, Andres (2006-02-14). "The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. VI. Isophotal Analysis and the Structure of Early-Type Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series . 164 (2): 334– 434. arXiv :astro-ph/0602297 . Bibcode :2006ApJS..164..334F . doi :10.1086/501350 . S2CID 18618068 .
^ Gallo, Elena; Treu, Tommaso; Marshall, Philip J.; Woo, Jong-Hak; Leipski, Christian; Antonucci, Robert (2010-05-01). "AMUSE-Virgo. II. Down-sizing in Black Hole Accretion". The Astrophysical Journal . 714 (1): 25– 36. arXiv :1002.3619 . Bibcode :2010ApJ...714...25G . doi :10.1088/0004-637X/714/1/25 . hdl :1721.1/95905 . ISSN 0004-637X . S2CID 53603460 .
^ Antonucci, Robert; Miller, Brendan P.; Woo, Jong-Hak; Treu, Tommaso; Gallo, Elena; Leipski, Christian (2011-11-29). "AMUSE-VIRGO. III: mid-infrared photometry of early-type galaxies and limits on obscured nuclear emission". The Astrophysical Journal . 744 (2): 152. arXiv :1111.6774 . doi :10.1088/0004-637X/744/2/152 . S2CID 119203992 .
^ "VizieR" . vizier.u-strasbg.fr . Retrieved 2019-09-01 .
^ Alessi, Matthew; Harris, Gretchen L. H.; Harris, William E. (2013-06-10). "A Catalog of Globular Cluster Systems: What Determines the Size of a Galaxy's Globular Cluster Population?" . The Astrophysical Journal . 772 (2): 82. arXiv :1306.2247v1 . Bibcode :2013ApJ...772...82H . doi :10.1088/0004-637X/772/2/82 .
^ West, Andrew A.; Tonry, John L.; Mei, Simona; Ferrarese, Laura; Chen, Chin-Wei; Blakeslee, John P.; West, Michael J.; Takamiya, Marianne; Cote, Patrick (2008-03-04). "The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey XV. The Formation Efficiencies of Globular Clusters in Early-Type Galaxies: The Effects of Mass and Environment" . The Astrophysical Journal . 681 (1): 197. arXiv :0803.0330v1 . Bibcode :2008ApJ...681..197P . doi :10.1086/587951 .
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