NGC 4696
E610635
NGC 4696 is a massive elliptical galaxy that serves as the central dominant galaxy of the Centaurus Cluster, notable for its complex dust lanes and active galactic nucleus.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 4696A | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
central dominant galaxy
ⓘ
elliptical galaxy ⓘ radio galaxy ⓘ |
| angularSize | ~4.5 × 3.5 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | ~11.4 ⓘ |
| catalog | New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declination | −41° 18′ 40″ (J2000) ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | John Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1834 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
~150 million light-years
ⓘ
~46 Mpc ⓘ |
| environment | rich galaxy cluster core ⓘ |
| hasActiveGalacticNucleus | true ⓘ |
| hasAGNFeedbackOnIntraclusterMedium | true ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
2MASX J12484980-4118394
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ESO 322- G 091 NERFINISHED ⓘ PKS 1246-410 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCentralCoolingFlowFeatures | true ⓘ |
| hasComplexDustStructure | true ⓘ |
| hasComplexIonizedGasFilaments | true ⓘ |
| hasCoolCoreClusterEnvironment | true ⓘ |
| hasDustLanes | true ⓘ |
| hasExtendedHalo | true ⓘ |
| hasFilamentaryDustLanes | true ⓘ |
| hasIntraclusterLightContribution | significant ⓘ |
| hasJetActivity | true ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | E ⓘ |
| hasOpticalEmissionLineFilaments | true ⓘ |
| hasRadioSourceDesignation | PKS 1246-41 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStellarPopulation | predominantly old stars ⓘ |
| hasSupermassiveBlackHole | true ⓘ |
| hasXRayEmission | true ⓘ |
| hostClusterAlternativeName | Abell 3526 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isBrightestClusterGalaxy | true ⓘ |
| isCentralGalaxyOf | Centaurus Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDominantGalaxyInRegion | Centaurus Cluster core NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Centaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Centaurus Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedInRadioBy | VLA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedInXRayBy |
Chandra X-ray Observatory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
XMM-Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | ~2970 km/s ⓘ |
| redshift | 0.0099 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 12h 48m 49s (J2000) ⓘ |
| showsEvidenceOf | past merger events ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NGC 4696A