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NGC 3998 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered on April 14, 1789 by the astronomer William Herschel.[5] At a distance of 45 million light-years (13.7 megaparsecs),[2] it is located relatively nearby, making it a well-studied object.[6]

NGC 3998
SDSS image of NGC 3998
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension11h 57m 56.1333s[1]
Declination+55° 27′ 12.922″[1]
Redshift0.00350[1]
Helio radial velocity1048 ± 5 km/s[1]
Distance45 Mly (13.7 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.10[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)11.64[4]
Absolute magnitude (V)2.7′ × 2.3′[5]
Characteristics
TypeSA00(r):[1]
Other designations
UGC 6946, MCG +09-20-046, PGC 37642[1]

In Gérard de Vaucouleurs' atlas of galaxy morphological types, NGC 3998 has a classification of SA00(r):, meaning it is unbarred and has an internal ring.[5] It is classified as a LINER-type galaxy.[6] As an early-type galaxy, NGC 3998's stars are relatively old and reddish in color, but its nuclear region may still have signs of star formation with stars less than 10 million years old.[6] The galaxy's shape is very round, and also oblate.[2]


Structure


NGC 3998 contains an active galactic nucleus, or AGN. These are supermassive black holes that are surrounded by accretion disks that emit large amounts of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum. The supermassive black hole has been modeled to be about 8.1+2.0
−1.9×108 M☉[2] The AGN's power is relatively low, and like most other low-power radio galaxies, most of its emission is concentrated near its core. However, it also has some S-shaped lobes of emission, which are quite young and active, at only a few tens of millions of years old.[7]

NGC 3998 has a small disk of ionized Hα radiation that is about 100 parsecs wide, along with a larger, warped disk of neutral hydrogen. It is thought that the gas disk has just started to align with the stellar distribution, which would also explain the warped shape of the radio emission.[6][7]


References


  1. "Results for object NGC 3998 (NGC 3998)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  2. Walsh, Jonelle L.; Van Den Bosch, Remco C. E.; Barth, Aaron J.; Sarzi, Marc (2012). "A Stellar Dynamical Mass Measurement of the Black Hole in NGC 3998 from Keck Adaptive Optics Observations". The Astrophysical Journal. 753 (1): 79. arXiv:1205.0816. Bibcode:2012ApJ...753...79W. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/753/1/79. S2CID 16506695.
  3. Véron-Cetty, M.-P.; Véron, P. (2010). "A catalogue of quasars and active nuclei". Astronomy and Astrophysics (13th ed.). 518: A10. Bibcode:2010A&A...518A..10V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014188.
  4. "NGC 3998". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  5. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3950 - 3999". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  6. Frank, Bradley S.; Morganti, Raffaella; Oosterloo, Tom; Nyland, Kristina; Serra, Paolo (2016). "A rare example of low surface-brightness radio lobes in a gas-rich early-type galaxy: The story of NGC 3998". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 592: A94. arXiv:1605.03873. Bibcode:2016A&A...592A..94F. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628282. S2CID 73593876.
  7. Sridhar, Sarrvesh S.; Morganti, Raffaella; Nyland, Kristina; Frank, Bradley S.; Harwood, Jeremy; Oosterloo, Tom (2020). "LOFAR view of NGC 3998, a sputtering AGN". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 634: A108. arXiv:1912.04812. Bibcode:2020A&A...634A.108S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201936796. S2CID 209140612.



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NGC 3998 ist eine Linsenförmige Galaxie vom Hubble-Typ S0 mit aktivem Galaxienkern im Sternbild Großer Bär am Nordsternhimmel. Sie ist schätzungsweise 51 Millionen Lichtjahre von der Milchstraße entfernt und hat einen Durchmesser von etwa 40.000 Lichtjahren. Gemeinsam mit NGC 3990 bildet sie das Galaxienpaar Holm 310. Sie ist Mitglied des Ursa-Major-Galaxienhaufens und der NGC 3631-Gruppe (LGG 241). Im selben Himmelsareal befinden sich u. a. die Galaxien NGC 3972, NGC 3977, NGC 3982.
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NGC 3998 (другие обозначения — UGC 6946, MCG 9-20-46, ZWG 269.25, PGC 37642) — линзообразная галактика (S0) в созвездии Большая Медведица.


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