NGC 3783

NGC 3783

Artist's impression of the surroundings of the supermassive black hole in NGC 3783
Observation data
Constellation Centaurus
Right ascension 11h 39m 01.721s[1]
Declination –37° 44 18.60[1]
Redshift 0.008506 ± 0.000100[2]
Helio radial velocity +2,817[3] km/s
Distance 135.7 e6ly (41.60[4] Mpc)
Group or cluster NGC 3783 group
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.43
Characteristics
Type SBa[5]
Apparent size (V) 1′.9 × 1′.7[5]
Notable features Seyfert 1
This video shows an artist’s impression of the dusty wind emanating from the black hole at the centre of galaxy NGC 3783

NGC 3783 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 30[4] million light years away in the constellation Centaurus.[6] It is inclined by an angle of 23° to the line of sight from the Earth along a position angle of about 163°. The morphological classification of SBa[5] indicates a bar structure across the center (B) and tightly-wound spiral arms (a).[7] Although not shown by this classification, observers note the galaxy has a luminous inner ring surrounding the bar structure. The bright compact nucleus is active and categorized as a Seyfert 1 type. This nucleus is a strong source of X-ray emission and undergoes variations in emission across the electromagnetic spectrum.[5]

The source of the activity in this galaxy is a rapidly rotating supermassive black hole, which is located at the core and is surrounded by an accretion disk of dust.[8] The estimated mass of this black hole is 8.7 million ([8.7 ± 1.1] × 106) times the mass of the Sun.[9] Interferometric observations yield an inner radius of 0.52 ± 0.16 ly (0.16 ± 0.05 pc) for the orbiting torus of dust.[10]

This is a member of a loose association of 47 galaxies known as the NGC 3783 group. Located at a mean distance of 117 million light-years (36 Mpc), the group is centered at coordinates α = 11h 37m 12s, δ = –37° 30 57.6: equivalent to about 870×10^3 ly (267 kpc) from NGC 3783. The NGC 3783 group has a mean velocity of 2,903 ± 26 km/s with respect to the Sun and a velocity dispersion of 190 ± 24 km/s. The diffuse X-ray emission of the group is roughly centered on the galaxy NGC 3783.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, M. F.; et al. (February 2006), "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)", The Astronomical Journal, 131 (2): 1163–1183, Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S, doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. Strauss, Michael A.; et al. (November 1992), "A redshift survey of IRAS galaxies. VII - The infrared and redshift data for the 1.936 Jansky sample", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 83 (1): 29–63, Bibcode:1992ApJS...83...29S, doi:10.1086/191730.
  3. Jones, D. Heath; et al. (October 2009), "The 6dF Galaxy Survey: final redshift release (DR3) and southern large-scale structures", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 399 (2): 683–698, arXiv:0903.5451Freely accessible, Bibcode:2009MNRAS.399..683J, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15338.x.
  4. 1 2 Pereira-Santaella, Miguel; et al. (December 2010), "The Mid-infrared High-ionization Lines from Active Galactic Nuclei and Star-forming Galaxies", The Astrophysical Journal, 725 (2): 2270–2280, arXiv:1010.5129Freely accessible, Bibcode:2010ApJ...725.2270P, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/725/2/2270.
  5. 1 2 3 4 García-Barreto, J. A.; et al. (August 1999), "HI spatial distribution in the galaxy NGC 3783", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 348: 685–692, arXiv:astro-ph/9906492Freely accessible, Bibcode:1999A&A...348..685G.
  6. "The active galaxy NGC 3783 in the constellation of Centaurus", European Southern Observatory, June 20, 2013, retrieved 2013-06-29.
  7. Buta, Ronald J.; et al. (2007), Atlas of Galaxies, Cambridge University Press, pp. 13–17, ISBN 0521820480.
  8. Brenneman, L. W.; et al. (August 2011), "The Spin of the Supermassive Black Hole in NGC 3783", The Astrophysical Journal, 736 (2): 103, arXiv:1104.1172Freely accessible, Bibcode:2011ApJ...736..103B, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/736/2/103.
  9. Onken, Christopher A.; Peterson, Bradley M. (June 2002), "The Mass of the Central Black Hole in the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 3783", The Astrophysical Journal, 572 (2): 746–752, arXiv:astro-ph/0202382Freely accessible, Bibcode:2002ApJ...572..746O, doi:10.1086/340351.
  10. Weigelt, G.; et al. (May 2012), "VLTI/AMBER observations of the Seyfert nucleus of NGC 3783", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 541: L9, arXiv:1204.6122Freely accessible, Bibcode:2012A&A...541L...9W, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219213.
  11. Kilborn, Virginia A.; et al. (September 2006), "Gaseous tidal debris found in the NGC 3783 group", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 371 (2): 739–749, arXiv:astro-ph/0606463Freely accessible, Bibcode:2006MNRAS.371..739K, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10697.x.

Coordinates: 11h 39m 01.721s, −-37° 44′ 18.60″

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