View source for 3C 452

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Lacerta}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
  | name = [[Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources|3C]] 452
  | image = N90j95010 mos 3C 452.jpg
  | epoch = [[J2000]]
  | ra = {{RA|22|45|48.787}}<ref name=SIMBAD/>
  | dec = {{DEC|+39|41|15.36}}<ref name=SIMBAD/>
  | constellation name = [[Lacerta]]
  | z = 0.0815<ref name=ned/>
  | type = Sy2, Rad, AGN, G, X, QSO<ref name=SIMBAD/><br/>G, FR II, Sy 2<ref name=ned/>
  | dist_ly = {{convert|323|Mpc|Mly|lk=on}} {{hub|0.73|link=yes}}<ref name=ned/>
  | appmag_v = 16.56<ref name=SIMBAD/>
  | size_v = 0.380' × 0.251'<ref name=SIMBAD/>
  | notes = Radio galaxy
  | names = [[List of astronomical catalogues#D|DA]] 584, [[Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database|LEDA]] 69671, [[Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources|3C]] 452, [[Fourth Cambridge Survey|4C]] 39.71, [[Quasar|QSO]] B2243+394
}}

'''3C 452''' is an [[elliptical galaxy]]<ref name="Isobe2002">{{cite journal |last1=Isobe |first1=N. |last2=Tashiro |first2=M. |last3=Makishima |first3=K. |last4=Iyomoto |first4=N. |last5=Suzuki |first5=M. |last6=Murakami |first6=M. M. |last7=Mori |first7=M. |last8=Abe |first8=K. |title=A ''Chandra'' Detection of Diffuse Hard X-Ray Emission Associated with the Lobes of the Radio Galaxy 3C 452 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |date=1 December 2002 |volume=580 |issue=2 |pages=L111–L115 |doi=10.1086/345658|arxiv=astro-ph/0211112 |bibcode=2002ApJ...580L.111I |s2cid=7480794 }}</ref> about 1.2 billion light years away located in the [[constellation]] [[Lacerta (constellation)|Lacerta]]. 3C 452 is a [[Seyfert galaxy]]<ref name=SIMBAD>
{{cite web 
  |url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=3C+452
  |title=Query : 3C 452
  |website=Simbad
  |publisher=[[Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]]
  |access-date=2 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=ned>
{{cite web
  |website=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  |title=NED results for object 3C 452
  |url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=3C+452&extend=no
  |access-date=2 June 2015 }}</ref> and a [[Fanaroff–Riley classification|Fanaroff–Riley class 2]] [[radio galaxy]], with the radiolobes extending for about 5 arcminutes, which at the distance of 3C 452 corresponds to about 450 kiloparsecs.<ref name="Shelton2011">{{cite journal |last1=Shelton |first1=D. L. |last2=Hardcastle |first2=M. J. |last3=Croston |first3=J. H. |title=The dynamics and environmental impact of 3C 452: The dynamics & environmental impact of 3C 452 |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |date=1 December 2011 |volume=418 |issue=2 |pages=811–819 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19533.x|doi-access=free |arxiv=1108.3753 |s2cid=7539623 }}</ref> Fainter radio lobes extend farther away, at megaparsec scales, probably created during a former period of elevated nuclear activity.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sirothia |first1=S. K. |last2=Wiita |first2=Paul J. |title=Discovery of Giant Relic Radio Lobes Straddling the Classical Double Radio Galaxy 3C452 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |date=13 February 2013 |volume=765 |issue=1 |pages=L11 |doi=10.1088/2041-8205/765/1/L11|bibcode=2013ApJ...765L..11S |doi-access=free }}</ref> Diffuse X-ray emission has been detected in the radio lobes.<ref name="Isobe2002"/>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
3C 452 1.67I3.15 LAIN 1982AUG19 1 198.U12.7M c.jpg|3C 452 in radiowaves by [[Very Large Array]]
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/atlas/object/3C452.html www.jb.man.ac.uk/atlas/] (J. P. Leahy)
{{Sky|22|57|48.787|+|39|41|15.36|1050000000}}

{{List of Seyfert galaxies}}
{{Stars of Lacerta}}

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[[Category:Radio galaxies]]
[[Category:Elliptical galaxies]]
[[Category:Seyfert galaxies]]
[[Category:Lacerta]]
[[Category:3C objects|452]]


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