NGC 4088 explained

NGC 4088
Constellation Name:Ursa Major[1]
Type:SAB(rs)bc[2]
Epoch:J2000
Z:0.002524
Dist Ly:51.5 ± 4.5 Mly
[3]
Appmag V:11.2
Size V:5.8 × 2.2
Names:UGC 7081, PGC 38302, Arp 18, VV 357

NGC 4088 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy forms a physical pair with NGC 4085, which is located 11 away.[4]

General information

NGC 4088 is a grand design spiral galaxy.[5] This means that the spiral arms in the galaxy's disk are sharply defined. In visible light, one of the spiral arms appears to have a disconnected segment. Halton Arp included this galaxy in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as one of several examples where this phenomenon occurs.[6]

NGC 4088 and NGC 4085 are members of the M109 Group, a group of galaxies located in the constellation Ursa Major. This large group contains between 41 and 58 galaxies, including the spiral galaxy M109.[7] [8] [9]

Supernovae

Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 4088. The first was discovered on 10 February 1991, SN 1991G (Type II, mag. 17).[10]

On April 13, 2009, supernova SN 2009dd was discovered in NGC 4088.[11] At apparent magnitude 13.8,[11] it became the third-brightest supernova of 2009.[12]

On 16 May 2022, SN 2022jzc was discovered (Type II, mag. 17.8).[13]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: R. W. Sinnott . The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer . 1988 . Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press . 978-0-933346-51-2.
  2. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 4088 . 2006-11-16.
  3. Web site: Distance Results for NGC 4088 . NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . 2010-05-17.
  4. Book: A. Sandage . J. Bedke . 1994 . Carnegie Atlas of Galaxies . . Washington, D.C. . 978-0-87279-667-6.
  5. D. M. Elmegreen. Debra Elmegreen . B. G. Elmegreen . Bruce Elmegreen . Arm classifications for spiral galaxies . Astrophysical Journal . 1987 . 314 . 3–9 . 1987ApJ...314....3E . 10.1086/165034.
  6. H. Arp . Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies . Astrophysical Journal Supplement . 1966 . 14 . 1–20 . 1966ApJS...14....1A . 10.1086/190147.
  7. Book: R. B. Tully . 1988 . Nearby Galaxies Catalog . . Cambridge . 978-0-521-35299-4.
  8. A. Garcia . General study of group membership. II - Determination of nearby groups . Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement . 1993 . 100 . 47–90 . 1993A&AS..100...47G.
  9. G. Giuricin . C. Marinoni . L. Ceriani . A. Pisani . Nearby Optical Galaxies: Selection of the Sample and Identification of Groups . Astrophysical Journal . 2000 . 543 . 1 . 178–194 . 2000ApJ...543..178G . 10.1086/317070. astro-ph/0001140 . 9618325 .
  10. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1991G Transient Name Server entry for SN 1991G.
  11. Web site: 2009-12-30 . Supernova 2009dd in NGC 4088 . Astronomy Section, Rochester Academy of Science . 2010-05-17.
  12. Web site: Bright Supernovae - 2009 . supernovae.net (International Supernovae Network) . David Bishop . 2010-06-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927114305/http://www.supernovae.net/sn2009/ . 2011-09-27.
  13. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2022jzc Transient Name Server entry for SN 2022jzc.

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