NGC 3198

NGC 3198, also known as Herschel 146[4] is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (Lord Rosse), sometime before 1850.[2]

NGC 3198
NGC 3198 imaged by GALEX (ultraviolet)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension10h 19m 54.99s[1]
Declination+45° 32′ 58.88″[1]
Redshift0.00227[1]
Distance47 Mly[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)10.3[3]
Characteristics
TypeSB(rs)c[3]
Apparent size (V)8′.5 × 3′.3[3]

NGC 3198 is located in the Leo Spur,[2] which is part of the Virgo Supercluster,[5] and is approximately 47 million light years away.[2]

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been discovered in NGC 3198. SN 1966J, a Type Ib supernova,[2] and 1999bw, which was significantly fainter than expected when first discovered, and has been classified a Type IIn supernova.[6]

Extraplanar Gas

Observations made with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope detected for the first time the presence of extraplanar gas.[7] The extraplanar gas makes up approximately 15% of the total atomic hydrogen (HI) mass of the galaxy.[7]

Cepheids

NGC 3198 was one of 18 galaxies targeted by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale, which aimed to calibrate various secondary distance indicators and determine the Hubble constant to an accuracy of 10%. The type and orientation of NGC 3198 made it suitable for these measurements.[8]

The Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) of the HST was used to measure the magnitudes of 52 Cepheid variables, and the resulting distance modulus corresponded to a distance of 14.5 Mpc (47 million light years).[8]

References
  1. "NGC 3198". SIMBAD. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  2. O'Meara, Stephen James (2011). Deep-Sky Companions: The Secret Deep, Volume 4. Photographs by Mario Motta. Cambridge University Press. pp. 186–188. ISBN 978-1-139-50007-4.
  3. Bratton, Mark (2011). The Complete Guide to the Herschel Objects. Cambridge University Press. p. 440. ISBN 978-0-521-76892-4.
  4. Clark, Maurice. "Herschel 146 / NGC 3198". Herschel 400 List Objects. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  5. Monks, Neale (2010). Go-To Telescopes Under Suburban Skies. Springer. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-4419-6851-7.
  6. Bishop, David. "Supernova 1999bw in NGC 3198". Astronomy Section Rochester Academy of Science. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  7. Gentile, G. (2013). "HALOGAS: Extraplanar gas in NGC 3198". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 554: A125. arXiv:1304.4232. Bibcode:2013A&A...554A.125G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321116.
  8. Kelson, Daniel (1999). "The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XIX. The Discovery of Cepheids in and a New Distance to NGC 3198". The Astrophysical Journal. 514 (2): 614–636. Bibcode:1999ApJ...514..614K. doi:10.1086/306989.
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