IC 3528

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices}}

{{Infobox galaxy|name=IC 3528|image=File:IC3528 - SDSS DR14.jpg|caption=SDSS image of IC 3528. Below the image is NGC 4540|constellation name=Coma Berenices|z=0.04582 0.00004|dist_ly=657 Mly (201.43 Mpc)|type=SAB(r)b, Sy 1.5|notes=Seyfert Galaxy|names=PGC 41882, GSC 01446-00639, 2MASX J12345592+1533561, VCC 1593,

Z 99-95, NVSS B123244+155026, ALFALFA 1-358, AGC 220811, SDSS J123455.90+153356.2, FAUST 3256, [HB91] 1232+158, LEDA 41882|appmag_v=14.6|h_radial_v=13,773 km/s|ra=12h 34m 55.90s|dec=+15d 33m 56.20s|appmag_b=15.4|size=0.40' x 0.4'|epoch=J2000}}

IC 3528 is spiral galaxy located 660 million light-years{{Cite web |title=Your NED Search Results |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=57064&objname=1&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}} away in the constellation of Coma Berenices.{{Cite web |title=Revised IC Data for IC 3528 |url=https://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?IC+3528 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=spider.seds.org}} It lies near to another spiral galaxy NGC 4540, although the two of them are quite far.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kopernik.org/images/archive/i3528.htm |access-date=2024-04-21|title=Galaxies IC 3528 & NGC 4540 - Supernova 2001z |website=www.kopernik.org}}{{Cite journal |last=Keel |first=William C. |date=1996-02-01 |title=Seyfert Galaxies With Companions: Orbital and Kinematic Clues to AGN Triggering |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996AJ....111..696K |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=111 |pages=696 |doi=10.1086/117816 |bibcode=1996AJ....111..696K |issn=0004-6256}} The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904.{{Cite web |title=Index Catalog Objects: IC 3500 - 3549 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic35.htm#ic3528 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=cseligman.com}} Although listed as a member in the Virgo Cluster Catalogue{{Cite web |title=The Virgo Cluster |url=http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/vir.html |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.atlasoftheuniverse.com}} as VCC 1593, it is not a member of the Virgo cluster but a background galaxy.{{Cite journal |last1=Binggeli |first1=B. |last2=Sandage |first2=A. |last3=Tammann |first3=G. A. |date=1985-09-01 |title=Studies of the Virgo cluster. II. A catalog of 2096 galaxies in the Virgo cluster area. |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985AJ.....90.1681B |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=90 |pages=1681–1758 |doi=10.1086/113874 |bibcode=1985AJ.....90.1681B |issn=0004-6256}}

Physical characteristics

IC 3528 is classified a narrow-line Seyfert 1.5 type galaxy.{{Cite journal |last1=Grünwald |first1=G. |last2=Boller |first2=Th. |last3=Rakshit |first3=S. |last4=Buchner |first4=J. |last5=Dauser |first5=Th. |last6=Freyberg |first6=M. |last7=Liu |first7=T. |last8=Salvato |first8=M. |last9=Schichtel |first9=A. |date=2023-01-01 |title=The first look at narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies with eROSITA |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023A&A...669A..37G |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=669 |pages=A37 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202244620 |arxiv=2211.06184 |bibcode=2023A&A...669A..37G |issn=0004-6361}}{{Cite journal |last1=Lipovetsky |first1=V. A. |last2=Neizvestny |first2=S. I. |last3=Neizvestnaya |first3=O. M. |date=1988-01-01 |title=A catalogue of Seyfert galaxies. |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988SoSAO..55....5L |journal=Soobshcheniya Spetsial'noj Astrofizicheskoj Observatorii |volume=55 |pages=5–133|bibcode=1988SoSAO..55....5L }} Containing X-ray emission,{{Cite journal |last1=Anderson |first1=Scott F. |last2=Margon |first2=Bruce |last3=Voges |first3=Wolfgang |last4=Plotkin |first4=Richard M. |last5=Syphers |first5=David |last6=Haggard |first6=Daryl |last7=Collinge |first7=Matthew J. |last8=Meyer |first8=Jillian |last9=Strauss |first9=Michael A. |last10=Agüeros |first10=Marcel A. |last11=Hall |first11=Patrick B. |last12=Homer |first12=L. |last13=Ivezić |first13=Željko |last14=Richards |first14=Gordon T. |last15=Richmond |first15=Michael W. |date=2007-01-01 |title=A Large, Uniform Sample of X-Ray-emitting Active Galactic Nuclei from the ROSAT All Sky and Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: The Data Release 5 Sample |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AJ....133..313A |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=133 |issue=1 |pages=313–329 |arxiv=astro-ph/0609458 |bibcode=2007AJ....133..313A |doi=10.1086/509765 |issn=0004-6256}} the galaxy shows strong evidence of non-gravitational outflow kinematics in its [O III] λ5007 emission feature.{{Cite journal |last1=Sexton |first1=Remington O. |last2=Matzko |first2=William |last3=Darden |first3=Nicholas |last4=Canalizo |first4=Gabriela |last5=Gorjian |first5=Varoujan |date=2021-01-01 |title=Bayesian AGN Decomposition Analysis for SDSS spectra: a correlation analysis of [O III] λ5007 outflow kinematics with AGN and host galaxy properties |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=500 |issue=3 |pages=2871–2895 |doi=10.1093/mnras/staa3278 |doi-access=free |arxiv=2010.09748 |bibcode=2021MNRAS.500.2871S |issn=0035-8711}} In addition, IC 4528 contains broad emission lines with widths measuring Hβ FWHM ≤ 2000 km s−1 and is a type-1 active galactic nucleus (AGN) hosted inside a lower-luminosity galaxy that is found having a higher incidence of pseudo-bulges, with barred morphology, and considered less disturbed. This suggests narrow-line Type 1 AGNs like in the case of IC 3528, experiences a more quiescent evolutionary history that is driven primarily by internal secular evolution rather than external dynamical perturbations.{{Cite journal |last1=Kim |first1=Minjin |last2=Ho |first2=Luis C. |last3=Peng |first3=Chien Y. |last4=Barth |first4=Aaron J. |last5=Im |first5=Myungshin |date=2017-10-01 |title=Stellar Photometric Structures of the Host Galaxies of Nearby Type 1 Active Galactic Nuclei |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series |volume=232 |issue=2 |pages=21 |doi=10.3847/1538-4365/aa8a75 |doi-access=free |arxiv=1710.02194 |bibcode=2017ApJS..232...21K |issn=0067-0049}}

= Starburst activity =

IC 3528 has an estimated star formation rate of ≳6 M⊙ yr−1{{Cite journal |last1=Lutz |first1=D. |last2=Shimizu |first2=T. |last3=Davies |first3=R. I. |last4=Herrera-Camus |first4=R. |last5=Sturm |first5=E. |last6=Tacconi |first6=L. J. |last7=Veilleux |first7=S. |date=2018-01-01 |title=Local Swift-BAT active galactic nuclei prefer circumnuclear star formation |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018A&A...609A...9L |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=609 |pages=A9 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201731423 |arxiv=1709.00857 |bibcode=2018A&A...609A...9L |issn=0004-6361}} It is a dusty starburst galaxy exhibiting a strong line in absorption and modest [O II] emission, whom researchers found the galaxy is affected by reddening. Based on star formation rates derived from the FIR luminosities with the estimates based on the line, they found the values obtained from these optical emission lines in IC 3528 are a factor of 10-70 (Hα) and 20-140 ([O II]) lower than the FIR estimates (50-300 Msolar yr−1).{{Cite journal |last1=Poggianti |first1=Bianca M. |last2=Wu |first2=Hong |date=2000-01-01 |title=Optical Spectral Signatures of Dusty Starburst Galaxies |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ApJ...529..157P |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=529 |issue=1 |pages=157–169 |doi=10.1086/308243 |arxiv=astro-ph/9908180 |bibcode=2000ApJ...529..157P |issn=0004-637X}}

= Metallicity =

IC 3528 has a low gas fraction and higher oxygen abundance, making a it gas-poor galaxy and metal-rich, which demonstrates the idea that removal of gas from the outskirts of spirals increases the observed average metallicity by ~0.1 dex.{{Cite journal |last1=Hughes |first1=T. M. |last2=Cortese |first2=L. |last3=Boselli |first3=A. |last4=Gavazzi |first4=G. |last5=Davies |first5=J. I. |date=2013-02-01 |title=The role of cold gas and environment on the stellar mass-metallicity relation of nearby galaxies |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013A&A...550A.115H |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=550 |pages=A115 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201218822 |arxiv=1207.4191 |bibcode=2013A&A...550A.115H |issn=0004-6361}}

Supernova

SN 2001Z, a Type II supernova was discovered in IC 3528{{Cite web |title=Bright Supernovae - 2001. |url=https://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2001/index.html#2001Z |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.rochesterastronomy.org}}{{Cite journal |last1=Hakobyan |first1=A. A. |last2=Adibekyan |first2=V. Zh. |last3=Aramyan |first3=L. S. |last4=Petrosian |first4=A. R. |last5=Gomes |first5=J. M. |last6=Mamon |first6=G. A. |last7=Kunth |first7=D. |last8=Turatto |first8=M. |date=2012-08-01 |title=Supernovae and their host galaxies. I. The SDSS DR8 database and statistics |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012A&A...544A..81H |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=544 |pages=A81 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201219541 |arxiv=1206.5016 |bibcode=2012A&A...544A..81H |issn=0004-6361}} by astronomers Modjaz and Li, whom they saw it on an unfiltered image taken with KAIT on Mar. 3.5 UT. The supernova was located at R.A. = 12h34m55s.87, Decl. = +15o34'07".5 (equinox 2000.0), which was located 0".5 west and 11".2 north of the nucleus.{{Cite journal |last1=Li |first1=W. D. |last2=Modjaz |first2=M. |last3=Schwartz |first3=M. |date=2001-03-01 |title=Supernova 2001Z in IC 3528 |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001IAUC.7592....2L |journal=International Astronomical Union Circular |issue=7592 |pages=2 |bibcode=2001IAUC.7592....2L |issn=0081-0304}} SN 2001Z was also captured by other astronomers named Phillips, Martin and Valladares who obtained its spectrum on Mar. 5.37 UT with the Baade telescope. They found the spectrum has a weak, relatively narrow H-alpha and H-beta emission lines on a strong, blue continuum and consistent with a type-II supernova caught at a very early epoch. The redshift of the emission lines is z = 0.045.{{Cite journal |last1=Phillips |first1=M. |last2=Martin |first2=G. |last3=Valladares |first3=G. |date=2001-03-01 |title=Supernova 2001Z in IC 3528 |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001IAUC.7593....4P |journal=International Astronomical Union Circular |issue=7593 |pages=4 |bibcode=2001IAUC.7593....4P |issn=0081-0304}}

Black hole

Initially having an estimated range between 105.1- 1010.3 {M}⊙ with an Eddington ratio varying from -3.3 to 1.3 in logarithmic scale,{{Cite journal |last1=Liu |first1=He-Yang |last2=Liu |first2=Wen-Juan |last3=Dong |first3=Xiao-Bo |last4=Zhou |first4=Hongyan |last5=Wang |first5=Tinggui |last6=Lu |first6=Honglin |last7=Yuan |first7=Weimin |date=2019-08-01 |title=A Comprehensive and Uniform Sample of Broad-line Active Galactic Nuclei from the SDSS DR7 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series |volume=243 |issue=2 |pages=21 |doi=10.3847/1538-4365/ab298b |doi-access=free |arxiv=1906.05597 |bibcode=2019ApJS..243...21L |issn=0067-0049}} IC 3528 has a low-mass black hole (BH) of BH masses M BH ~ 106-108 M, powered by accretion matter.{{Cite journal |last1=Viswanath |first1=Gayathri |last2=Stalin |first2=C. S. |last3=Rakshit |first3=Suvendu |last4=Kurian |first4=Kshama S. |last5=Ujjwal |first5=K. |last6=Gudennavar |first6=Shivappa B. |last7=Kartha |first7=Sreeja S. |date=2019-08-01 |title=Are Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies Powered by Low-mass Black Holes? |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=881 |issue=1 |pages=L24 |doi=10.3847/2041-8213/ab365e |doi-access=free |arxiv=1907.02683 |bibcode=2019ApJ...881L..24V |issn=0004-637X}} Similar to IC 750, the budge-mass and stellar mass is found to be (7.3 ± 2.7) × 108 M⊙ and 1.4 × 1010 M⊙ respectively, which the mass upper limit of the BH decreses by two orders of magnitude below the MBH-σ* relation and roughly one order of magnitude below the MBH-MBulge and MBH-M* relations. This is found larger than the relations' intrinsic scatters of 0.58 ± 0.09 dex, 0.69 dex, and 0.65 ± 0.09 dex.{{Cite journal |last1=Zaw |first1=Ingyin |last2=Rosenthal |first2=Michael J. |last3=Katkov |first3=Ivan Yu. |last4=Gelfand |first4=Joseph D. |last5=Chen |first5=Yan-Ping |last6=Greenhill |first6=Lincoln J. |last7=Brisken |first7=Walter |last8=Noori |first8=Hind Al |date=2020-07-01 |title=An Accreting, Anomalously Low-mass Black Hole at the Center of Low-mass Galaxy IC 750 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=897 |issue=2 |pages=111 |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ab9944 |doi-access=free |arxiv=2006.01114 |bibcode=2020ApJ...897..111Z |issn=0004-637X}}

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