Summary
NGC 4710 is an edge-on lenticular galaxy in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices. It was discovered on March 21, 1784 by German-British astronomer William Herschel.[7] This galaxy has a B-band visual magnitude of 11.60 and an angular size of 3.0′ × 0.8′.[3] It is located at a distance of 54.5 ± 3.6 million light-years (16.7 ± 1.1 Mpc) from the Milky Way,[4] and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 1,129 km/s.[3] This is a member of the Virgo Cluster, with a projected offset of ~6° from the cluster center and a cluster crossing time of around two billion years.[8]
| NGC 4710 | |
|---|---|
 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4710 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Right ascension | 12h 49m 38.958s[1] |
| Declination | +15° 09′ 55.76″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.00397±0.00011[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1,129 km/s[3] |
| Distance | 54.5 ± 3.6 Mly (16.7 ± 1.1 Mpc)[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.9[5] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.60[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0a-S0/Sa[3] |
| Apparent size (V) | 3.0′ × 0.8′[3] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 4710, UGC 7980, PGC 43375[6][5] | |
The morphological classification of NGC 4710 is S0 or SA(r)0,[9] which indicates this is an unbarred lenticular galaxy[8] (SA) with an inner ring structure (r). It is inclined at an angle of 86° to the plane of the sky, with the major axis aligned along a position angle of 207°.[10] NGC 4710 has a relatively high gas abundance with a dusty nucleus. The stellar velocity distribution is characteristic of galaxies with a small bulge. Like the Milky Way, it has an X-shaped bulge which is a probable bar structure; hence it is likely a barred lenticular.[9][11] The star formation rate is 0.11±0.02 M☉·yr−1.[10] NGC 4710 possesses both thin and thick discs.[12]
Further reading edit
- Gonzalez, Oscar A.; et al. (March 2017). "Peanut-shaped metallicity distributions in bulges of edge-on galaxies: the case of NGC 4710". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 466 (1): L93–L97. arXiv:1611.09547. Bibcode:2017MNRAS.466L..93G. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slw232.
- Welch, G. A.; Mitchell, G. F. (June 1994). "A Study of Molecular Gas in the Center of the S0 Galaxy NGC 4710". The Astrophysical Journal. 427: 770. Bibcode:1994ApJ...427..770W. doi:10.1086/174183.
- Sage, L. J. (November 1990). "The properties and origins of molecular gas in the lenticular galaxies NGC 404, 4710 and 5195". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 239: 125–136. Bibcode:1990A&A...239..125S.
References edit
- ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; et al. (February 1, 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.
- ^ Abazajian, Kevork N.; et al. (2009). "The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 182 (2): 543–558. arXiv:0812.0649. Bibcode:2009ApJS..182..543A. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/182/2/543. S2CID 14376651.
- ^ a b c d e f Boselli, A.; et al. (2014). "The GALEX Ultraviolet Virgo Cluster Survey (GUViCS). IV. The role of the cluster environment on galaxy evolution". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 570: A69. arXiv:1407.4986. Bibcode:2014A&A...570A..69B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424419. S2CID 119244700. A69.
- ^ a b Haynes, Martha P.; et al. (July 2018). "The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey: The ALFALFA Extragalactic H I Source Catalog". The Astrophysical Journal. 861 (1): 49. arXiv:1805.11499. Bibcode:2018ApJ...861...49H. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aac956. 49.
- ^ a b "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4710. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ^ "NGC 4710". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "NGC Objects: NGC 4700 - 4749". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ a b Wrobel, J. M.; Kenney, Jeffrey D. P. (November 1992). "Nuclear Molecular Gas in the Virgo Cluster S0 Galaxy NGC 4710". Astrophysical Journal. 399: 94. Bibcode:1992ApJ...399...94W. doi:10.1086/171905.
- ^ a b Gonzalez, O. A.; et al. (June 2016). "Comparing the properties of the X-shaped bulges of NGC 4710 and the Milky Way with MUSE". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 591. id. A7. arXiv:1603.02546. Bibcode:2016A&A...591A...7G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527806.
- ^ a b Topal, Selçuk; et al. (December 2016). "Molecular gas kinematics and line diagnostics in early-type galaxies: NGC 4710 and NGC 5866". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 463 (4): 4121–4152. arXiv:1609.01506. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.463.4121T. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2257.
- ^ Bogdan, C. Ciambur; Graham, Alister W. (June 2016). "Quantifying the (X/peanut)-shaped structure in edge-on disc galaxies: length, strength, and nested peanuts". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 459 (2): 1276–1292. arXiv:1603.00019. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.459.1276C. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw759. S2CID 118991786.
- ^ Kasparova, A. (2016). "The Diversity of Thick Galactic Discs". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 460 (1): 89–93. arXiv:1604.07624. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.460L..89K. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slw083. S2CID 119303521.
External links edit
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