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NGC 2915 is a blue dwarf galaxy located 12 million light-years away in the southern constellation Chamaeleon, right on the edge of the Local Group. The optical galaxy corresponds to the core of a much larger spiral galaxy traced by radio observation of neutral hydrogen.[3]
| NGC 2915 | |
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 NGC 2915 as observed with the Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) as part of the SINGS Survey. The blue colors represent the 3.6 micrometre emission from stars. The green and red colors represent the 5.8 and 8.0 micrometre emission from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Chamaeleon |
| Right ascension | 09h 26m 11.5s[1] |
| Declination | −76° 37′ 35″[1] |
| Redshift | 468 ± 3 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 12.3 Mly (3.78 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.3[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | I0[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1′.9 × 1′.0[1] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 26761[1] | |
The galaxy has a short central bar, much like the Milky Way and very extended spiral arms.[4]
The reason for the spiral arms and majority of the galaxy's disk to be still neutral hydrogen (as opposed to have formed stars) is not well understood but is thought to be related to the galaxy's isolation, in that it has no nearby satellite galaxies and no nearby major galaxies to force star formation.[4]
Notes
- "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 2915. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- I. D. Karachentsev; V. E. Karachentseva; W. K. Huchtmeier; D. I. Markarov (2004). "A Catalog of Neighboring Galaxies". Astronomical Journal. 127 (4): 2031–2068. Bibcode:2004AJ....127.2031K. doi:10.1086/382905.
- "Archived copy". wwwatnf.atnf.csiro.au. Archived from the original on 12 July 2002. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Masset, F. S.; Bureau, M. (2003-03-20). "On the Spiral Structure of NGC 2915 and Dark Matter". The Astrophysical Journal. 586 (1): 152–169. arXiv:astro-ph/0212049. Bibcode:2003ApJ...586..152M. doi:10.1086/367550. ISSN 0004-637X. S2CID 18683377.
References
- NGC 2915 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
External links
Media related to NGC 2915 at Wikimedia Commons
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[de] NGC 2915
NGC 2915 ist eine Irreguläre Galaxie mit ausgedehnten Sternentstehungsgebieten im Sternbild Chamäleon am Südsternhimmel. Sie ist schätzungsweise 12 Millionen Lichtjahre von der Milchstraße entfernt und hat einen Durchmesser von etwa 15.000 Lichtjahren. Der sichtbare Bereich der Galaxie ist von einer vielfach größeren Spiralstruktur aus nicht ionisertem Wasserstoff umgeben, wie Aufnahmen im Radiobereich zeigen.[3]- [en] NGC 2915
[ru] NGC 2915
NGC 2915 (другие обозначения — ESO 37-3, AM 0926-762, IRAS09265-7624, PGC 26761) — спиральная галактика с перемычкой (SBa) в созвездии Хамелеон.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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