NGC 4088
Galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major
title: "NGC 4088" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["intermediate-spiral-galaxies", "m109-group", "ursa-major", "ngc-objects", "ugc-objects", "principal-galaxies-catalogue-objects", "arp-objects"] description: "Galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major" topic_path: "science/astronomy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4088" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Galaxy"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | NGC 4088 |
| image | [[File:Arp 18 Hubble.jpg |
| caption | NGC 4088 with the Hubble Space Telescope |
| constellation name | Ursa Major{{cite book |
| editor | R. W. Sinnott |
| title | The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer |
| date | 1988 |
| publisher | Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press |
| isbn | 978-0-933346-51-2}} |
| type | SAB(rs)bc{{cite web |
| title | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database |
| work | Results for NGC 4088 |
| url | http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+4088&img_stamp=yes&extend=no |
| access-date | 2006-11-16}} |
| epoch | J2000 |
| ra | |
| dec | |
| z | 0.002524 |
| h_radial_v | 757 ± 1 km/s |
| dist_ly | 51.5 ± 4.5 Mly |
| (15.8 ± 1.4 Mpc){{cite web | |
| title | Distance Results for NGC 4088 |
| work | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database |
| url | http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+4088 |
| access-date | 2010-05-17}} |
| appmag_v | 11.2 |
| size_v | 5.8 × 2.2 |
| names | UGC 7081, PGC 38302, Arp 18, VV 357 |
| :: |
| name = NGC 4088 | image =[[File:Arp 18 Hubble.jpg|250px|NGC 4088]] | caption = NGC 4088 with the Hubble Space Telescope | constellation name = Ursa Major{{cite book | editor=R. W. Sinnott | title= The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer | date=1988 | publisher=Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press | isbn=978-0-933346-51-2}} | type = SAB(rs)bc{{cite web | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database | work=Results for NGC 4088 | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+4088&img_stamp=yes&extend=no | access-date=2006-11-16}} | epoch = J2000 | ra = | dec = | z = 0.002524 | h_radial_v = 757 ± 1 km/s | dist_ly = 51.5 ± 4.5 Mly (15.8 ± 1.4 Mpc){{cite web |title=Distance Results for NGC 4088 |work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database |url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+4088 |access-date=2010-05-17}} | appmag_v = 11.2 | size_v = 5.8 × 2.2 | names = UGC 7081, PGC 38302, Arp 18, VV 357
NGC 4088 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy forms a physical pair with NGC 4085, which is located 11 away.{{cite book | author=A. Sandage | author2= J. Bedke | date=1994 | title=Carnegie Atlas of Galaxies | publisher=Carnegie Institution of Washington | location=Washington, D.C. | isbn=978-0-87279-667-6}}
General information
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/NGC4088_4085_JeffJohnson.jpg" caption="Amateur image of '''NGC 4088''', left, and companion NGC 4085, right."] ::
NGC 4088 is a grand design spiral galaxy.{{cite journal | author=D. M. Elmegreen|author-link1=Debra Elmegreen | author2=B. G. Elmegreen |author-link2=Bruce Elmegreen | title=Arm classifications for spiral galaxies | journal=Astrophysical Journal | date=1987 | volume=314 | pages=3–9 | bibcode=1987ApJ...314....3E | doi=10.1086/165034}} This means that the spiral arms in the galaxy's disk are sharply defined. In visible light, one of the spiral arms appears to have a disconnected segment. Halton Arp included this galaxy in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as one of several examples where this phenomenon occurs.{{cite journal | author=H. Arp | title=Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies | journal=Astrophysical Journal Supplement | date=1966 | volume=14 | pages=1–20 | bibcode=1966ApJS...14....1A | doi=10.1086/190147}}
NGC 4088 and NGC 4085 are members of the M109 Group, a group of galaxies located in the constellation Ursa Major. This large group contains between 41 and 58 galaxies, including the spiral galaxy M109.{{cite book | author=R. B. Tully | date=1988 | title=Nearby Galaxies Catalog | publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=Cambridge | isbn=978-0-521-35299-4}}{{cite journal | author=A. Garcia | title=General study of group membership. II - Determination of nearby groups | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement | date=1993 | volume=100 | pages=47–90 | bibcode=1993A&AS..100...47G}}{{cite journal | author=G. Giuricin | author2=C. Marinoni | author3= L. Ceriani | author4= A. Pisani | title=Nearby Optical Galaxies: Selection of the Sample and Identification of Groups | journal=Astrophysical Journal | date=2000 | volume=543 | issue=1 | pages=178–194 | bibcode=2000ApJ...543..178G | doi=10.1086/317070|arxiv = astro-ph/0001140 | s2cid=9618325 }}
Supernovae
Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 4088:
- SN 1991G (Type II, mag. 17) was discovered by Jean Mueller on 10 February 1991.
- SN 2009dd (Type II, mag. 13.7) was discovered by Giancarlo Cortini on 13 April 13 2009.{{cite web |date=2009-12-30 |title=Supernova 2009dd in NGC 4088 |publisher=Astronomy Section, Rochester Academy of Science |url=http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2009/sn2009dd.html |access-date=2010-05-17}} At apparent magnitude 13.8, it became the third-brightest supernova of 2009.{{cite web |title = Bright Supernovae - 2009 |publisher = supernovae.net (International Supernovae Network) |author = David Bishop |url = http://www.supernovae.net/sn2009/ |access-date = 2010-06-04 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927114305/http://www.supernovae.net/sn2009/ |archive-date = 2011-09-27
- SN 2022jzc (Type II, mag. 17.8) was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility on 16 May 2022.
References
References
- (1991). "Supernova 1991G in NGC 4088". International Astronomical Union Circular.
- "SN 1991G". [[International Astronomical Union.
- (2009). "Supernova 2009dd in NGC 4088". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams.
- "SN 2009dd". [[International Astronomical Union.
- "SN 2022jzc". [[International Astronomical Union.
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