| 词条 | NGC 6872 |
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| name = NGC 6872 | image = NGC 6872.png | image_size = 250px | caption = NGC 6872 (center) with IC 4970 (above) | epoch = J2000 | constellation name = Pavo | ra = {{RA|20|16|56.558}} | dec = {{DEC|-70|46|04.60}} | z = {{val|0.015194|0.0001}} | h_radial_v = {{val|4555|30|u=km/s}} | gal_v = {{val|4443|30|u=km/s}} | dist_ly = {{convert|212|Mly|Mpc|abbr=on|lk=on}}[6] | type = {{abbr|SB(s)b pec|unringed barred spiral, peculiar}} | mass = >{{10^|11}}[8] | mass_light_ratio = | size = {{convert|522|kly|kpc|abbr=on|lk=on}}[6] | appmag_v = 10.69 | absmag_v = -23.29 | size_v = 6.0′ × 1.7′ | notes = Interacting galaxy with {{nowrap|IC 4970}} | names = {{nowrap| {{abbr|ESO|ESO/Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas}} 73-32}}, {{nowrap| {{abbr|JB|Johansson+Bergvall}} a 28-1}}, {{nowrap| {{abbr|LEDA|Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database}} 64413}}, {{nowrap| {{abbr|2MASX|2Micron All-Sky Survey, Extended source catalogue}} J20165648-7046057}}, {{nowrap| {{abbr|2E|Einstein obs., 2nd version}} 2011.7-7055}} }}NGC 6872, also known as the Condor Galaxy,[8] is a large barred spiral galaxy of type {{abbr|SB(s)b pec|unringed barred spiral, peculiar}} in the constellation Pavo. It is {{convert|212|e6ly|Mpc|lk=on}} from Earth and is approximately five billion years old.[8] {{nowrap|NGC 6872}} is interacting with the lenticular galaxy {{nowrap|IC 4970}}, which is less than one twelfth as large.[6][8] The galaxy has two elongated arms; from tip to tip, {{nowrap|NGC 6872}} measures {{convert|522000|ly|pc|lk=on}}, making it one of the largest known spiral galaxies.[6]{{efn|name=largest|Papers by Eufrasio, et al., and citing these, NASA, repeatedly state that NGC 6872 is the largest known spiral galaxy, but various sources report that LSB galaxy Malin 1 is the largest spiral at {{convert|650000|ly|pc}} across.}} It was discovered on 27 June 1835 by English astronomer John Herschel.[18] Star formation ratesWhen observed in the ultraviolet and mid-infrared, the central region and bar of {{nowrap|NGC 6872}} show old stars and low rates of star formation, with rates increasing along the spiral arms as distance from the core increases. The most active region of star formation, located in the northeast arm, shows a stellar flux around 1,000 times higher than in the central region, though this may be affected by the density of stellar dust in the core. The extended portions of both arms exhibit young star cluster formations with ages ranging from one to one hundred million years. Star formation rates in the northeast extended arm are twice that of the southwest extended arm, and five times the formation rate in the sections of the arms closer to the central region.[8] Interaction with IC 4970IC 4970 is a nearby lenticular galaxy, located only a few arcseconds away, and is known to be interacting with NGC 6872. Horrelou and Koribalski (2007), using a computer simulation to determine how the two galaxies were interacting, reported that {{nowrap|IC 4970}} approached {{nowrap|NGC 6872}} nearly along the plane of its spiral disk, making its closest approach approximately 130 million years ago and resulting in the latter's current highly elongated shape.[20]An ultraviolet-to-infrared study by Eufrasio, et al. (2013), using data from GALEX, Spitzer, and other resources found that the interaction between the two galaxies appears to have triggered significant star formation in the northeastern arm of {{nowrap|NGC 6872}} beginning about {{convert|40|kpc|e3ly|disp=flip}} from its nucleus.[21] The same appears to have also occurred in the southwestern arm.[6] A bright ultraviolet source was discovered at the end of the northeastern arm, around {{convert|90|kpc|e3ly|disp=flip}} from the nucleus, which may be a tidal dwarf galaxy formed out of the interaction between {{nowrap|IC 4970}} and {{nowrap|NGC 6872}}.[21] The bright ultraviolet nature of this cluster indicates that it contains stars less than 200 million years old, which roughly coincides with the timeframe of the collision.[6] Mihos, et al. (1993), and Eufrasio, et al. (2014), suggest that prior to its interaction with {{nowrap|IC 4970}}, the galaxy's disk may have been non-uniform with an extended mass distribution.[8][26] Possible interaction with NGC 6876Machacek, et al. (2005), reported on a {{convert|90|-|100|kpc|e3ly|disp=flip|adj=on}} X-ray trail that exists between {{nowrap|NGC 6872}} and the nearby elliptical galaxy {{nowrap|NGC 6876}}. {{nowrap|NGC 6872}} is moving away from {{nowrap|NGC 6876}} at {{convert|849|±|28|km/s|abbr=on}} in approximately the same trajectory as the X-ray trail, suggesting a link between the two galaxies. Four possibilities for the trail's existence were given: gas stripped from the two galaxies during a close fly-by, intergalactic medium that has been gravitationally focused behind {{nowrap|NGC 6872}} as it moves, interstellar medium that was stripped from {{nowrap|NGC 6872}} by ram pressure as it passed through the densest part of the Pavo group, and interstellar medium stripped from {{nowrap|NGC 6872}} by turbulent viscosity as it passes through Pavo. Any or all of these processes may be responsible for the trail. If {{nowrap|NGC 6872}} and {{nowrap|NGC 6876}} did interact in the past, the latter may have affected {{nowrap|NGC 6872's}} spiral arms and gas distribution as much as its interaction with {{nowrap|IC 4970}}.[27] See also
Notes{{notelist}}References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/galex20130110.html |title=NASA's GALEX Reveals the Largest-Known Spiral Galaxy |publisher=NASA |date=10 January 2013 |accessdate=29 December 2014}} [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc68a.htm#6872 |title=NGC 6872 (= PGC 64413) |work=CSeligman.com |first=Courtney |last=Seligman |date=21 October 2014 |accessdate=30 December 2014}} 3. ^1 {{cite journal |title=Stars and gas in the very large interacting galaxy NGC 6872 |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |first1=Cathy |last1=Horellou |first2=Bärbel |last2=Koribalski |volume=464 |issue=1 |pages=155–165 |date=March 2007 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20066023 |bibcode=2007A&A...464..155H|arxiv = astro-ph/0701291 }} 4. ^1 2 {{cite journal |title=When the Largest Spiral is Formed |journal=Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union |first1=Rafael T. |last1=Eufrasio |first2=Duília F. |last2=de Mello |first3=Fernanda |last3=Urrutia-Viscarra |first4=Claudia |last4=Mendes de Oliveira |first5=Eli |last5=Dwek |volume=292 |page=328 |date=March 2013 |doi=10.1017/S1743921313001543 |bibcode=2013IAUS..292..328E}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite journal |title=Star Formation Histories across the Interacting Galaxy NGC 6872, the Largest-known Spiral |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |first1=Rafael T. |last1=Eufrasio |first2=Eli |last2=Dwek |first3=Richard G. |last3=Arendt |first4=Duília F. |last4=de Mello |first5=Dimitri A. |last5=Gadotti |first6=Fernanda |last6=Urrutia-Viscarra |first7=Claudia |last7=Mendes de Oliveira |first8=Dominic J. |last8=Benford |display-authors=5 |volume=795 |issue=1 |at=89 |date=November 2014 |doi=10.1088/0004-637X/795/1/89 |bibcode=2014ApJ...795...89E |arxiv=1409.3226}} 6. ^1 {{cite journal |title=Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Star Formation in Interacting Disk Galaxies |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |first1=J. Christopher |last1=Mihos |first2=Gregory D. |last2=Bothun |first3=Douglas O. |last3=Richstone |volume=418 |pages=82–99 |date=November 1993 |doi=10.1086/173373 |bibcode=1993ApJ...418...82M}} 7. ^1 {{cite journal |title=XMM-Newton Observation of an X-Ray Trail between the Spiral Galaxy NGC 6872 and the Central Elliptical Galaxy NGC 6876 in the Pavo Group |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |first1=Marie E. |last1=Machacek |first2=Paul |last2=Nulsen |first3=Liviu |last3=Stirbat |first4=Christine |last4=Jones |first5=William R. |last5=Forman |volume=630 |issue=1 |pages=280–297 |date=September 2005 |doi=10.1086/431944 |bibcode=2005ApJ...630..280M |arxiv=astro-ph/0411286}} }} External links{{commons category|NGC 6872}}
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