NGC 4262

NGC 4262
Composite image of NGC 4262, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension12h 19m 30.6s
Declination+14° 52′ 40″
Redshift1359 ± 4 km/s
Distance50.0 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)12.49
Characteristics
TypeSB(s)0−
Size35.7 kly (10.94 kpc)
Apparent size (V)1.9′ × 1.7′
Other designations
VCC 355, 2MASS J12193058+1452396, 2MASX J12193058+1452397, WISEA J121930.57+145239.5, UGC 7365, MCG +03-31-101, PGC 39676, CGCG 1217.0+1509, CGCG 099-014, SDSS J121930.57+145239.5

NGC 4262 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

Characteristics

NGC 4262 is a small and compact barred lenticular galaxy with a high surface brightness central bar. It is a member of the Virgo Cluster at a distance from the Milky Way of around 50 million light-years.

It features an anomalous abundance of neutral hydrogen for a lenticular galaxy, most of it being located on a ring tilted with respect to NGC 4262's galactic plane. Studies with help of the GALEX telescope have found within that ring several clusters of young stars that can be seen on ultraviolet images.

The aforementioned ring is believed to have its origin in NGC 4262 stripping some gas of another galaxy in a close passage, likely its neighbor the spiral Messier 99. NGC 4262 is thought to represent a late stage in the evolution of polar-ring galaxies.

NGC 4262 (SDSS DR14)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Results for NGC 4262". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  2. 1 2 Akhil, Krishna R.; Kartha, Sreeja S.; Krishnan, Ujjwal; Mathew, Blesson; Robin, Thomas; Ray, Shankar; Devaraj, Ashish (2025). "Connecting the dots: Tracing the evolutionary pathway of polar ring galaxies in the cases of NGC 3718, NGC 2685, and NGC 4262". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 42 e056. arXiv:2503.03709. Bibcode:2025PASA...42...56A. doi:10.1017/pasa.2025.24.
  3. ↑ "Notes for object NGC 4262". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED). Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  4. ↑ Mei, S.; Blakeslee, J. P.; Côté, P.; Tonry, J.L.; West, M. J.; Ferrarese., L.; Jordán, A.; Peng, E. W.; Anthony, A.; Merritt, D. (January 2007). "The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XIII. SBF Distance Catalog and the Three-dimensional Structure of the Virgo Cluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (1): 144–162. arXiv:astro-ph/0702510. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..144M. doi:10.1086/509598. S2CID 16483538.
  5. ↑ Krumm, N.; van Driel, W.; van Woerden, H. (March 1985). "Distribution and motions of atomic hydrogen in lenticular galaxies. IV - A ring of H I around NGC 4262". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 144 (1): 202–210. Bibcode:1985A&A...144..202K.
  6. ↑ Bettoni, D.; Buson, L.M.; Galletta, G. (September 2010). "NGC 4262: a Virgo galaxy with an extended ultraviolet ring". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 519 (A72): A72. arXiv:1006.4717. Bibcode:2010A&A...519A..72B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014750. S2CID 118992933.
  7. ↑ Vollmer, B.; Hutchmeier, W.; van Driel, W. (September 2005). "NGC 4254: a spiral galaxy entering the Virgo cluster". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 439 (3): 921–933. arXiv:astro-ph/0505021. Bibcode:2005A&A...439..921V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041350. S2CID 17414818.