NGC 4262

NGC 4262 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

NGC 4262
Composite image of NGC 4262, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension 12h 19m 30.6s[1]
Declination+14° 52′ 40″[1]
Redshift1359 ± 4 km/s[1]
Distance50.0 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)12.49[1]
Characteristics
TypeSB(s)0−[1]
Apparent size (V)1′.9 × 1′.7[1]
Other designations
UGC 7365,[1] PGC 39676, VCC 355[1]

Characteristics

NGC 4262 is a small and compact barred lenticular galaxy with a high surface brightness central bar.[2] It is a member of the Virgo Cluster at a distance from the Milky Way of around 50 million light-years.[3]

It features an anomalous abundance of neutral hydrogen for a lenticular galaxy, most of it being located on a ring tilted with respect to NGC 4262's galactic plane.[4] Studies with help of the GALEX telescope have found within that ring several clusters of young stars that can be seen on ultraviolet images.[5]

The aforementioned ring is believed to have its origin in NGC 4262 stripping some gas of another galaxy in a close passage, likely its neighbor the spiral Messier 99[6]

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4262. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  2. "Notes for object NGC 4262". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED). Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  3. Mei, S.; Blakeslee, J. P.; Côté, P.; Tonry, J.L.; West, M. J.; Ferrarese., L.; Jordán, A.; Peng, E. W.; Anthony, A.; Merritt, D. (January 2007). "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.
  4. Krumm, N.; van Driel, W.; van Woerden, H. (March 1985). "Distribution and motions of atomic hydrogen in lenticular galaxies. IV - A ring of H I around NGC 4262". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 144 (1): 202–210. Bibcode:1985A&A...144..202K.
  5. Bettoni, D.; Buson, L.M.; Galletta, G. (September 2010). "NGC 4262: a Virgo galaxy with an extended ultraviolet ring". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 519 (A72): A72. arXiv:1006.4717. Bibcode:2010A&A...519A..72B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014750.
  6. Vollmer, B.; Hutchmeier, W.; van Driel, W. (September 2005). "NGC 4254: a spiral galaxy entering the Virgo cluster". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 439 (3): 921–933. arXiv:astro-ph/0505021. Bibcode:2005A&A...439..921V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041350.
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