NGC 2936

NGC 2936 is an interacting spiral galaxy located at a distance of 326 million light years,[3] in the constellation Hydra. NGC 2936 is interacting with elliptical galaxy NGC 2937, located just beneath it. They were both discovered by Albert Marth on Mar 3, 1864.[4] To some astronomers, the galaxy looks like a penguin or a porpoise.[5] NGC 2936, NGC 2937, and PGC 1237172 are included in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 142 in the category "Galaxy triplet".

NGC 2936
NGC 2936 (bottom middle) and NGC 2937 (bottom) by Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationHydra
Right ascension09h 37m 44.148s[1]
Declination+02° 45′ 38.95″[1]
Redshift0.02331±0.00013[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity6989±38 km/s[1]
Galactocentric velocity6844±39 km/s[1]
Distance352 Mly (108 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.85[1]
Absolute magnitude (V)-22.4[1]
Characteristics
TypeIrr[1]
Size50.54 kpc[1]
Other designations
NGC 2936, UGC 5130, MCG +01-25-006, PGC 27422[2]

On 20 June 2013, the Hubble Space Telescope examined and photographed NGC 2936.[5]

NGC 2936 once had a flat, spiral disk. The orbits of the galaxy's stars have been perturbed due to gravitational tidal interactions with NGC 2937. Gas from the center of NGC 2936 became compressed during the encounter with NGC 2937, which is shown as blue knots close to NGC 2937. The red dust that was inside the center of the galaxy has been mostly thrown out due to the collision. During the collision, gas coming from NGC 2936 triggered star formation.[6]

PGC 1237172, an unrelated bluish irregular galaxy or edge-on spiral galaxy, is located just off to the side of NGC 2936. It is located 230 million light years away, making it closer to the Earth than the NGC 2936 collision, and it happens to be located next to two unrelated stars from the Milky Way.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Detailed information for object NGC 2936". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. "NGC 2936". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  3. "Galaxy Crash Spawns Space Penguin in Hubble Telescope Photo". Space.com. 20 June 2013.
  4. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 2900 - 2949". New General Catalog Objects: NGC 2900 - 2949. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  5. "Hubble spots galaxies in close encounter". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  6. Administrator, NASA (24 June 2013). "Colliding Galaxy Pair Takes Flight". NASA. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  7. "HubbleSite: Image - Colliding Galaxy Pair Arp 142". hubblesite.org. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2019.


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