NGC 2950 is a lenticular galaxy in the northern constellation of Ursa Major, about 50 million light years from the Milky Way and receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 1,329 km/s.[2] It was discovered in 1790 by the Anglo-German astronomer William Herschel.[5] NGC 2950 is a field galaxy, it is not part of a galaxy cluster or galaxy group, and thus is gravitationally isolated.[6] Nine certain and four possible dwarf galaxies have been identified around NGC 2950.[7]
| NGC 2950 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 2950 (center) | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 09h 42m 35.116s[1] |
| Declination | 58° 51′ 04.39″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.004410 ± 0.000017 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1,329[2] km/s |
| Distance | 49.84 ± 0.46 Mly (15.28 ± 0.14 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.93[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | RSB0(r)[3] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2′.7 × 1′.8[3] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 2950, UGC 5176, PGC 27765[4] | |
The morphological classification of this galaxy is RSB0(r),[3] indicating a barred lenticular galaxy (SB0) with outer (R) and inner (r) ring structures. It hosts two nested stellar bars; the rotation frequency of the secondary bar is higher than that of the primary one.[3] Double bars of this type are relatively common, having been found in ~30% of barred lenticulars. The inner bar appears to be counter-rotating relative to the outer bar,[8] with the two passing cleanly through each other.[9] The stellar mass of the galaxy is 1.7×1010 M☉ while the halo mass is 6.6×1011 M☉.[7]
References
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- ^ a b c d Tully, R. Brent; et al. (October 2013), "Cosmicflows-2: The Data", The Astronomical Journal, 146 (4): 25, arXiv:1307.7213, Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86, S2CID 118494842, 86
- ^ a b c d Corsini, E. M.; et al. (December 2003). "Direct Confirmation of Two Pattern Speeds in the Double-barred Galaxy NGC 2950". The Astrophysical Journal. 599 (1): L29 – L32. arXiv:astro-ph/0310879. Bibcode:2003ApJ...599L..29C. doi:10.1086/381080. S2CID 13102437.L29 - L32&rft.date=2003-12&rft_id=info:arxiv/astro-ph/0310879&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:13102437#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1086/381080&rft_id=info:bibcode/2003ApJ...599L..29C&rft.aulast=Corsini&rft.aufirst=E. M.&rft.au=Debattista, Victor P.&rft.au=Aguerri, J. A. L.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:NGC 2950" class="Z3988">
- ^ "NGC 2950". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney (2016). "NGC 2950 (= PGC 27765)". Celestial Atlas. Professor Seligman. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 2950. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
- ^ a b Tanaka, Masayuki; et al. (October 2018). "The Missing Satellite Problem Outside of the Local Group. I. Pilot Observation". The Astrophysical Journal. 865 (2): 12. arXiv:1808.03410. Bibcode:2018ApJ...865..125T. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aad9fe. S2CID 119244164. 125.
- ^ Maciejewski, Witold (September 2006). "Response of the integrals in the Tremaine-Weinberg method to multiple pattern speeds: a counter-rotating inner bar in NGC 2950?". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 371 (1): 451–458. arXiv:astro-ph/0602520. Bibcode:2006MNRAS.371..451M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10679.x. S2CID 16623123.451-458&rft.date=2006-09&rft_id=info:arxiv/astro-ph/0602520&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:16623123#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10679.x&rft_id=info:bibcode/2006MNRAS.371..451M&rft.aulast=Maciejewski&rft.aufirst=Witold&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2966.2006.10679.x&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:NGC 2950" class="Z3988">
- ^ Maciejewski, W. (October 2008). Funes, José G.; J., S.; Corsini, Enrico Maria (eds.). Orbits in Corotating and Counterrotating Double Bars. Proceedings of the conference held 1-5 October, 2007 at the Centro Convegni Matteo Ricci, Rome, Italy. Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Disks ASP Conference Series. Vol. 396. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific. p. 367. arXiv:0801.1471. Bibcode:2008ASPC..396..367M.
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