NGC 151
NGC 151 from the Mount Lemmon Observatory SkyCenter using the 0.8m Schulman Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension00h 34m 02.79176s[1]
Declination−09° 42′ 18.9821″[1]
Redshift0.012562[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity3742.3 km/s[2]
Distance170 Mly (52 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.59[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.31[3]
Characteristics
TypeSB(r)bc[3]
Size3.7′ × 1.7′[3]
Other designations
NGC 153, MCG -02-02-054, PGC 2035[2]

NGC 151 is a mid-sized barred spiral galaxy[3] located in the constellation Cetus.

The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer William Herschel on November 28, 1785. In 1886, Lewis Swift observed the same galaxy and catalogued it as NGC 153, only for it later to be identified as NGC 151.[4]

The galaxy, viewed from almost face on, has several bright, blue, dusty spiral arms filled with active star formation. One noticeable feature of the galaxy is a large gap between the spiral arms.

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 151. On 22 July 2011, PTF11iqb (type IIn, mag. 17.1)[5] was discovered, and on 24 June 2023, SN 2023lnh (type Ia, mag. 18) was discovered.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b c "NGC 151". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Gil de Paz, Armando; et al. (December 2007). "The GALEX Ultraviolet Atlas of Nearby Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 173 (2): 185–255. arXiv:astro-ph/0606440. Bibcode:2007ApJS..173..185G. doi:10.1086/516636. S2CID 119085482.
  4. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 150 - 199". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  5. ^ Smith, Nathan; Mauerhan, Jon C.; Cenko, S. Bradley; Kasliwal, Mansi M.; Silverman, Jeffrey M.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Gal-Yam, Avishay; Clubb, Kelsey I.; Graham, Melissa L.; Leonard, Douglas C.; Horst, J. Chuck; Williams, G. Grant; Andrews, Jennifer E.; Kulkarni, Shrinivas R.; Nugent, Peter; Sullivan, Mark; Maguire, Kate; Xu, Dong; Ben-Ami, Sagi (2015). "PTF11iqb: Cool supergiant mass-loss that bridges the gap between Type IIn and normal supernovae". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 449 (2): 1876–1896. arXiv:1501.02820. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv354.
  6. ^ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2023lnh. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

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