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2MASX J00423991+3017515
SDSS image of 2MASX J00423991+3017515
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension00h 42m 39.90s
Declination+30° 17′ 51.43″
Redshift0.140400
Heliocentric radial velocity42,091 km/s
Distance1.840 Gly (564.1 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)0.17
Apparent magnitude (B)0.22
Surface brightness17.4
Characteristics
TypeSy1
Other designations
2MASS J00423990+3017514, LEDA 1898197, RX J0042.6+3017

2MASX J00423991+3017515 is a Seyfert 1 galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It is located 1.84 billion light-years from Earth.[1] First discovered by astronomers carrying out a follow-up spectroscopic study on new active galactic nuclei detected by the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT),[2] the galaxy is classfied as a blazar[3] and a quasar.[4] It is also an uncanny active galactic nucleus (AGN).[5]

2MASX J00423991+3017515 is hosted by a disturbed edge-on disk galaxy. It is found interacting with a nearby companion satellite galaxy and currently in an early stages of merging.[5][6] The galaxy is known to present an optical spectrum containing offset broad lines from both the galaxy's absorption and narrow line emission by 1,530 kilometers per second.[7]

A study using broad-band spectral energy distribution also confirms 2MASX J00423991+3017515 is indeed luminous across wavebands, making it fall under the classification of ultraluminous infrared galaxies. The galaxy is also to have shown undergoing a recent wave of star formation which was higher during the past by over 100 Myr of SFR100 = 22 ± 7 MΘ.[5]

Further investigations also showed 2MASX J00423991+3017515 has a misplaced AGN from its center. This hints it might be produced during stages of a merger while exhibiting signs of outflowing wind, or considered a recoiling supermassive black hole caused via ejection from its host galaxy by gravitational waves following the amalgamation of binary progenitor black holes.[6] If the hypothesis is true, this makes 2MASX J00423991+3017515 the strongest known recoiling AGN candidate.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  2. ^ Baumgartner, W. H.; Tueller, J.; Markwardt, C. B.; Skinner, G. K.; Barthelmy, S.; Mushotzky, R. F.; Evans, P. A.; Gehrels, N. (2013-04-12). "Supplementary online material for article, "The 70 month Swift-BAT All-sky Hard X-Ray Survey" by Baumgartner et al". doi:10.1088/0067-0049/207/2/19/data. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Marcotulli, L.; Ajello, M.; Urry, C. M.; Paliya, V. S.; Koss, M.; Oh, K.; Madejski, G.; Ueda, Y.; Baloković, M.; Trakhtenbrot, B.; Ricci, F.; Ricci, C.; Stern, D.; Harrison, F.; Powell, M. C. (2022-11-01). "BASS. XXXIII. Swift-BAT Blazars and Their Jets through Cosmic Time". The Astrophysical Journal. 940 (1): 77. arXiv:2209.09929. Bibcode:2022ApJ...940...77M. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac937f. ISSN 0004-637X.
  4. ^ Véron-Cetty, M. -P.; Véron, P. (2001-07-01). "A catalogue of quasars and active nuclei: 10th edition". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 374: 92–94. Bibcode:2001A&A...374...92V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20010718. ISSN 0004-6361.
  5. ^ a b c Hogg, J Drew; Blecha, Laura; Reynolds, Christopher S; Smith, Krista Lynne; Winter, Lisa M (2021-03-10). "2MASX J00423991 + 3017515: an offset active galactic nucleus in an interacting system". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 503 (2): 1688–1702. doi:10.1093/mnras/stab576. ISSN 0035-8711.
  6. ^ a b Hogg, J. Drew; Blecha, Laura; Reynolds, Christopher S. (2017-06-01). "2MASS J00423991+3017515: An Interacting Oddball or a Recoiling AGN?". American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #230. 230: 313.04. Bibcode:2017AAS...23031304H.
  7. ^ a b Hogg, James (2016-09-01). "2MASS J00423991+3017515: An AGN On The Run?". Chandra Proposal: 4998. Bibcode:2016cxo..prop.4998H.

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