CGCG 049-033
Appearance
CGCG 049-033 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Serpens |
Right ascension | 15h 11m 31.4s[1] |
Declination | +07° 15′ 07″[1] |
Redshift | 0.04483[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 13139 km/s[1] |
Distance | 675.2 Mly (207.01 Mpc)[2] |
Group or cluster | Abell 2040[1] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.98[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 0.597′ × 0.537′[1] |
Notable features | PGC 54213[1] |
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 is known for having the longest galactic jet 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
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Z 49-33". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ a b c 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.
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: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ a b 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.
- ^ Gabriel Gache (December 8, 2007). "Galactic Jet Stream - Longest Ever Discovered !". news.softpedia.com.
- ^ Stephen Battersby (December 7, 2007). "Intergalactic particle beam is longest yet found". newscientist.com.
- ^ Mohit Joshi (December 8, 2007). "Indian astronomers discover longest intergalactic beam". topnews.in.