CGCG 049-033

CGCG 049-033 is an elliptical galaxy, located some 680 million light-years from Earth,[2] in the constellation of Serpens. It is the central galaxy (BCG) of the galaxy cluster Abell 2040.[3]

CGCG 049-033
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationSerpens
Right ascension15h 11m 31.4s[1]
Declination+07° 15′ 07″[1]
Redshift0.04483[1]
Helio radial velocity13139 km/s[1]
Distance675.2 Mly (207.01 Mpc)[2]
Group or clusterAbell 2040[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.98[2]
Characteristics
TypeE[1]
Apparent size (V)0.597′ × 0.537′[1]
Other designations
PGC 54213, 2MASX J15113138+0715068[1]

CGCG 049-033 is known for having the longest galactic jet ever discovered. The beam is about 1.5 million light-years long and was discovered in December 2007.[4][5][6] The spectrum of the galaxy suggests a supermassive black hole with a mass of 2×109 M☉.[3]

References
  1. "Z 49-33". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  2. Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 50. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50.
  3. Bagchi, J.; Gopal-Krishna; Krause, M.; Konar, C.; Joshi, S. (2009). "A Giant Radio Jet of Very Unusual Polarization in a Single-Lobed Radio Galaxy". The Low-Frequency Radio Universe. 407: 200. arXiv:0908.1154. Bibcode:2009ASPC..407..200B.
  4. Gache, Gabriel (December 8, 2007). "Galactic Jet Stream - Longest Ever Discovered !". Softpedia. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  5. Battersby, Stephen (December 7, 2007). "Intergalactic particle beam is longest yet found". New Scientist. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  6. Joshi, Mohit (December 8, 2007). "Indian astronomers discover longest intergalactic beam". TopNews. Retrieved November 14, 2019.


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