NGC 5273
Galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici
NGC 5273 is a lenticular galaxy located 54 million light-years [ 4] away in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici . This galaxy was discovered by William Herschel on May 1, 1785.[ 8] It is positioned 1+ 1 ⁄4 ° to the southeast of the star 25 Canum Venaticorum .[ 5]
The morphological classification of this galaxy is SA0(s),[ 4] indicating it is lenticular in form. It displays a faint, unbarred spiral structure within a generally elliptical profile .[ 9] NGC 5273 is classified as a type 1.5 Seyfert galaxy , with the X-ray emission from its active galactic nucleus undergoing significant absorption .[ 10] However, data collected between the year 2000 and 2022 suggest this is a changing–look Seyfert, with the type ranging from 1 to 1.8/1.9.[ 11] The activity level shows strong variability, allowing reverberation mapping of the supermassive black hole at the core. This object has an estimated mass of (4.7± 1.6)× 106 M ☉ .[ 9]
References
^ a b Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties" . Astronomy and Astrophysics . 674 : A1. arXiv :2208.00211 . Bibcode :2023A&A...674A...1G . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/202243940 . S2CID 244398875 .
Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR .
^ Pahari, Mayukh; et al. (September 2017), "Detection of the high-energy cut-off from the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy NGC 5273", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 470 (3): 3239– 3248, arXiv :1706.02489 , Bibcode :2017MNRAS.470.3239P , doi :10.1093/mnras/stx1455 .
^ Tully, R. Brent; et al. (August 2016), "Cosmicflows-3", The Astronomical Journal , 152 (2): 21, arXiv :1605.01765 , Bibcode :2016AJ....152...50T , doi :10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50 , S2CID 250737862 , 50.
^ a b c d Merrell, Katie A.; et al. (May 2023), "The Mass of the Black Hole in NGC 5273 from Stellar Dynamical Modeling", The Astrophysical Journal , 949 (1): 13, arXiv :2212.02484 , Bibcode :2023ApJ...949...13M , doi :10.3847/1538-4357/acc4bc , 13.
^ a b c O'Meara, Stephen James (2007), Herschel 400 Observing Guide , Cambridge University Press, p. 193, ISBN 9780521858939 .
^ a b Véron-Cetty, M.-P.; Véron, P. (2010), "A catalogue of quasars and active nuclei: 13th edition", Astronomy & Astrophysics , 518 (A10): A10, Bibcode :2010A&A...518A..10V , doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201014188 .
^ "NGC 5273" , SIMBAD , Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg , retrieved 2023-11-07 .
^ Seligman, Courtney, "NGC Objects: NGC 5250 - 5299" , Celestial Atlas , retrieved 2023-11-10 .
^ a b Bentz, Misty C.; et al. (November 2014), "The Mass of the Central Black Hole in the Nearby Seyfert Galaxy NGC 5273", The Astrophysical Journal , 796 (1): 8, arXiv :1409.5794 , Bibcode :2014ApJ...796....8B , doi :10.1088/0004-637X/796/1/8 , S2CID 118540233 , 8.
^ Trippe, M. L.; et al. (December 2010), "A Multi-wavelength Study of the Nature of Type 1.8/1.9 Seyfert Galaxies", The Astrophysical Journal , 725 (2): 1749– 1767, arXiv :1010.2750 , Bibcode :2010ApJ...725.1749T , doi :10.1088/0004-637X/725/2/1749 , S2CID 118395311 .
^ Neustadt, J. M. M.; et al. (May 2023), "Multiple flares in the changing-look AGN NGC 5273", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 521 (3): 3810– 3829, arXiv :2211.03801 , Bibcode :2023MNRAS.521.3810N , doi :10.1093/mnras/stad725 .
Further reading
Vincentelli, F. M.; et al. (February 2020), "X-ray reverberation lags from the 1.5 Seyfert galaxy NGC 5273", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 492 (1): 1135– 1141, arXiv :1912.06196 , Bibcode :2020MNRAS.492.1135V , doi :10.1093/mnras/stz3511 .
Chromey, F. R. (November 1973), "Studies of Ir II galaxies. I. NGC 4753 and NGC 5273", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 29 : 77– 84, Bibcode :1973A&A....29...77C .