Messier 85
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description Template:Infobox Galaxy Messier 85 (also known as M85 or NGC 4382 or PGC 40515 or ISD 0135852) is a lenticular galaxy, or elliptical galaxy for other authors,[1] in the Coma Berenices constellation. It is 60 million light-years away, and has a diameter of about Script error: No such module "convert". across.[2][3]
Pierre Méchain discovered M85 in 1781. It is within the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster, and is relatively isolated.[4]
Properties
M85 is extremely poor in neutral hydrogen[5] and has a very complex outer structure with shells and ripples that are thought to have been caused by a merger with another galaxy that took place between 4 and 7 billion years ago,[5] as well as a relatively young (<3 billion years old) stellar population on its centermost region, some of it in a ring, that may have been created by a late starburst.[6] Like other massive, early-type galaxies, it has different populations of globular clusters. Aside from the typical "red" and "blue" populations, there is also a population with intermediate colors and an even redder population.[4] It is likely transitioning from being a lenticular galaxy into an elliptical galaxy.[4]
While indirect methods imply that Messier 85 should contain a central supermassive black hole of around 100 million solar masses,[7] velocity dispersion observations imply that the galaxy may entirely lack a central massive black hole.[8]
M85 is interacting with the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4394, and a small elliptical galaxy called MCG 3-32-38.[9]
Compared to other early-type galaxies, M85 emits a relatively smaller proportion of X-rays.[4]
Novae and Supernovae
Two supernovae and one luminous red nova have been observed in M85:
- SN 1960R (TypeScript error: No such module "String".Ia, mag. 13.5), was discovered by Howard S. Gates on 20 December 1960,[10] and independently discovered by Leonida Rosino on 18 January 1961.[11]
- M85 OT2006-1 was discovered on the outskirts of the galaxy, by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) on 7 January 2006. It was classified as a luminous red nova, the first to be identified as such.[12]
- SN 2020nlb (Type Ia, mag. 17.436) was discovered by the ATLAS telescope in Hawaii on 25 June 2020.[13][14] This supernova got as bright as magnitude 12.[15]
See also
References
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External links
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- SEDS Lenticular Galaxy M85
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