NGC 4261
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| NGC 4261 | |
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A X-ray image of NGC 4261.
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 12h 19m 23.2s[1] |
| Declination | +05° 49′ 31″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.007465[1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 2238 ± 7 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 96 ± 8 Mly (29.4 ± 2.6 Mpc)[2] |
| Type | E2-3[1] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 4′.1 × 3′.6[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.4[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 7360,[1] PGC 39659[1] | |
NGC 4261 is an elliptical galaxy located behind the Virgo Cluster in the W-cloud.[3]
The active galactic nucleus (AGN) contains a 400-million-solar-mass supermassive black hole (SMBH)[4] with an 800-light-year-wide spiral-shaped disk of dust fueling it.[5]
The galaxy is estimated to be about 60 thousand light-years across,[6] and the jet is estimated to span about 88 thousand light-years.[7]
File:Ngc4261.jpg
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the gas and dust disk in the active galactic nucleus of NGC 4261. Credit: HST/NASA/ESA.
See also
- NGC 4125 - a similar elliptical galaxy
References
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