Arp 104, also known as Keenan's system, is entry 104 in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies catalog for spiral galaxy NGC 5216 and globular galaxy NGC 5218.[2] The two galaxies are joined by a bridge of galactic material spanning 22 000 light years.[2][3]
Arp 104 | |
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![]() NGC 5216: The Keenan System, Arp 104 | |
Observation data (J2000[1] epoch) | |
Constellation | Ursa Major[2] |
Right ascension | 13h 32m 08.9s[1] |
Declination | +62° 44′ 02″[1] |
Redshift | 0.010817[1] |
Distance | 1.73 × 107[2][3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.0[4]/12.3[5] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E0/SBb-pec[6] |
Notable features | bridged[2] |
Other designations | |
Keenan's system[1][2] NGC 5216/NGC 5218[1][2] |
In 1790 William Herschel discovered the galaxies, and in 1926 they were studied by Edwin Hubble.[2] In 1935 Philip C. Keenan first published a paper about the bridge connecting the galaxies,[2][10] which was rediscovered in 1958 at the Lick and Palomar observatories.[2][3][11]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Searching NED for object "ARP 104*"". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED). Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Plotner, Tammy (2008-07-25). "Bridge Across Space: "Keenan's System" by Martin Winder and Dietmar Hager". Universe Today. Archived from the original on 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ a b c Zwicky, Fritz (1956). "Multiple galaxies". Ergebnisse der Exakten Naturwissenschaften. Vol. 29. p. 361. Bibcode:1956ErNW...29..344Z. doi:10.1007/BFb0118841. ISBN 978-3-540-74717-8.
- ^ "NGC 5216". The interactive NGC catalog online. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS). Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
- ^ "NGC 5218". The interactive NGC catalog online. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS). Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
- ^ Roche, Nathan (2006-04-29). "Imaging and spectroscopy of Arp 104: a post-starburst interacting pair with cross-fuelling?". arXiv:astro-ph/0605015.
- ^ Bushouse, Howard A.; Steven D. Lord; Susan A. Lamb; Michael W. Werner; K. Y. Lo (1999-11-10). "The molecular gas-star formation connection in an optically-selected sample of interacting galaxies". arXiv:astro-ph/9911186.
- ^ "VV 33a -- Interacting Galaxies". SIMBAD astronomical object database. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ "NGC 5218 -- Galaxy in Pair of Galaxies". SIMBAD astronomical object database. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ Keenan, Philip C. (May 1935). "An unusual pair of nebulae: NGC 5216 and 5218". Astrophysical Journal. 81: 355. Bibcode:1935ApJ....81..355K. doi:10.1086/143641.
- ^ Vorontsov-Vel'Iaminov, B. A. (1958). "The interaction of galaxies and the nature of their arms, spanning filaments and tails. The morphology of galaxies. V". Astronomicheskii Zhurnal. 35: 858. Bibcode:1958AZh....35..858V.
External links
edit- Media related to Arp 104 at Wikimedia Commons
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Galaxies on a String - 2008 July 31
- Galaxies on a String - 2010 July 2