Arp 299
{{Short description|Pair of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
| name = Arp 299
| image = Hubble_Interacting_Galaxy_NGC_3690_(2008-04-24).jpg
| caption = Arp 299 with NGC 3690 (left) & IC 694 (right), imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
| credit=
| epoch = J2000
| type = SBm pec. / IBm pec.
| ra = {{RA|11|28|33.13}}
| dec = {{DEC|+58|33|58.0}}
| z = 0.010
| appmag_v = 11
| size_v = 2′.4 × 1′.9
| constellation name = Ursa Major
| notes = interacting galaxies
| names = IC 694, NGC 3690, VV 118, Mrk 171
}}
Arp 299 (parts of it also known as IC 694 and NGC 3690) is a pair of colliding galaxies approximately 134 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Both of the galaxies involved in the collision are barred irregular galaxies. NGC 3690 was discovered on 18 March 1790 by German-British astronomer William Herschel.{{cite web | url = https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc36a.htm#3690 | title = NGC 3690 | last = Seligman | first = Courtney | website = Celestial Atlas | access-date = 16 August 2024 }}
It is not completely clear which object is historically called IC 694. According to some sources, the small appendage more than an arcminute northwest of the main pair is actually IC 694, not the primary (eastern) companion.
{{Cite web
|url=http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~jhibbard/a299/ic694.html
|title=Who is IC 694?
|access-date=2010-04-11
{{Cite web
|url=http://www.seds.org/~spider/ngc/revngcic.cgi?IC694
|title=SEDS: Revised IC Data for IC 694
|access-date=2012-04-11
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321195436/http://www.seds.org/~spider/ngc/revngcic.cgi?IC694
|archive-date=2007-03-21
}}
The interaction of the two galaxies in Arp 299 produced young powerful starburst regions similar to those seen in II Zw 96.
{{cite journal
| bibcode = 1997AJ....113.1569G
| title = Heavily Obscured Star Formation in the II ZW 96 Galaxy Merger
| date = May 1997
| journal = Astronomical Journal
| volume = 113
| pages = 1569–1579
| doi = 10.1086/118374
| last1 = Goldader
| first1 = Jeffrey D.
| last2 = Goldader
| first2 = Deborah L.
| last3 = Joseph
| first3 = R. D.
| last4 = Doyon
| first4 = Rene
| last5 = Sanders
| first5 = D. B.
}}
Supernovae
Since 1992, fifteen supernovae have been detected in Arp 299:
See also
References
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External links
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- {{cite web|url=http://www.astronomy.com/en/sitecore/content/Home/News-Observing/News/2005/05/Supernova%20factory%20opens%20annex.aspx|work=Astronomy|title=Supernova factory" opens annex|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608063528/http://www.astronomy.com/en/sitecore/content/Home/News-Observing/News/2005/05/Supernova%20factory%20opens%20annex.aspx|archive-date=2011-06-08}}
- {{Sky-Map.org|NGC 3690}}
{{NGC objects:3500-3999}}
{{Ursa Major}}
{{Sky|11|28|33.13|+|58|33|58.0|134000000}}
Category:Barred irregular galaxies
Category:Luminous infrared galaxies
Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1790
Category:Discoveries by William Herschel
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