Field galaxy
A field galaxy is a galaxy that does not belong to a larger cluster of galaxies and hence is gravitationally alone.
Roughly 80% of all galaxies located within 5 Mpc (16 Mly) of the Milky Way in groups or clusters of galaxies.[1] Most low-surface-brightness galaxies are field galaxies.[2] The median Hubble-type of field galaxies is Sb, a type of spiral galaxy.[3]
List of field galaxies
A list of nearby relatively bright field galaxies within the Local Volume, about 10 Mpc (33 Mly)[4]
| Galaxy | Type | Size | Constellation | RA | DEC | Distance | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 1313 | [4] | |||||||
| NGC 2188 | [4] | |||||||
| NGC 2683 | [4] | |||||||
| NGC 2903 | [4] | |||||||
| NGC 3115 | [4] | |||||||
| NGC 3621 | [4] | |||||||
| NGC 4136 | [4] | |||||||
| NGC 4605 | [4] | |||||||
| NGC 5068 | [4] | |||||||
| NGC 6503 | SA(s)cd LINER |
30 kly (9.2 kpc) | Draco | 17h 49m 26.514s | +70° 08′ 39.63″ | 18 Mly (5.5 Mpc) | Also called the "Lost-In-Space galaxy" due to its location next to the Local Void. | [4][5][6][7] |
Further reading
- Piero Madau; Lucia Pozzetti; Mark Dickinson (25 August 1997). "The Star Formation History of Field Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal (published May 1998). 498 (1): 106–116. arXiv:astro-ph/9708220
. Bibcode:1998ApJ...498..106M. doi:10.1086/305523.[8] - David R. Silva; Gregory D. Bothun (July 1998). "The Ages of Disturbed Field Elliptical Galaxies. I. Global Properties". The Astronomical Journal. 116 (1): 85. Bibcode:1998AJ....116...85S. doi:10.1086/300394.
- David R. Silva; Gregory D. Bothun (December 1998). "The Ages of Disturbed Field Elliptical Galaxies. II. Central Properties". The Astronomical Journal. 116 (6): 2793. Bibcode:1998AJ....116.2793S. doi:10.1086/300642.
- Pieter G. van Dokkum (27 June 2005). "The Recent and Continuing Assembly of Field Ellipticals by Red Mergers". The Astronomical Journal (published December 2005). 130 (6): 2647–2665. arXiv:astro-ph/0506661. Bibcode:2005AJ....130.2647V. doi:10.1086/497593.[3]
- Anatoly Klypin; Igor Karachentsev; Dmitry Makarov; Olga Nasonova (18 May 2014). "Abundance of Field Galaxies". arXiv:1405.4523.
References
- ↑ Astronomische Nachrichten, "On the Emptiness of Voids", Schmidt, K.-H.; Bohm, P.; Elsasser, H.; vol. 318, no. 2, p. 81, Bibcode: 1997AN....318...81S
- ↑ "An Introduction to Galaxies and Cosmology", David J. Adams and others
- 1 2 Pieter G. van Dokkum (27 June 2005). "The Recent and Continuing Assembly of Field Ellipticals by Red Mergers". The Astronomical Journal (published December 2005). 130 (6): 2647–2665. arXiv:astro-ph/0506661. Bibcode:2005AJ....130.2647V. doi:10.1086/497593.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Materne, J. (April 1979). "The structure of nearby groups of galaxies - Quantitative membership probabilities". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 74 (2): 235–243. Bibcode:1979A&A....74..235M.
- ↑ "Lonely galaxy lost in space". Space Daily. 11 June 2015.
- ↑ "NGC 6503". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database.
- ↑ "NGC 6503 -- LINER-type Active Galaxy Nucleus". SIMBAD.
- ↑ Piero Madau; Lucia Pozzetti; Mark Dickinson (25 August 1997). "The Star Formation History of Field Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal (published May 1998). 498 (1): 106–116. arXiv:astro-ph/9708220. Bibcode:1998ApJ...498..106M. doi:10.1086/305523.
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