Astronomy:UGC 4904

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Lynx
UGC 4904
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UGC 4904, imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLynx
Right ascension 09h 17m 21.709s[1]
Declination+41° 54′ 38.92″[1]
Redshift0.005571[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.0[3]
Characteristics
TypeSABdm[4]
Notable featuresDwarf spiral galaxy with a supernova impostor
Other designations
UGC 4904, MCG+07-19-054, PGC 26231[3]

UGC 4904 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Lynx, located about 77 million light-years from Earth. On October 20, 2004, a supernova impostor was observed by Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki within the galaxy. This same star may have transitioned from a LBV star to a Wolf–Rayet star[5] shortly before it was observed as blowing up as hypernova SN 2006jc on October 11, 2006.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Nordgren
  3. 3.0 3.1 "NED results for object UGC 4904". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=UGC+4904&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. Retrieved 29 January 2017. 
  4. Ann, H. B.; Seo, Mira; Ha, D. K. (2015). "A Catalog of Visually Classified Galaxies in the Local (z ∼ 0.01) Universe". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 217 (2): 27–49. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/217/2/27. Bibcode2015ApJS..217...27A. 
  5. "Massive Star Burps, Then Explodes". Univ. of California, at Berkeley. http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/07_releases/press_040407.html. Retrieved April 4, 2007. 
  6. "NASA – Supernova Imposter Goes Supernova". NASA.Gov. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2007/supernova_imposter.html. Retrieved April 4, 2007. 

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