| NGC 4365 | |
|---|---|
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4365
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 12h24m 28.228s[1] |
| Declination | +07° 19′ 03.07″[1] |
| Redshift | −0.00022[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | −66 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 74.4 Mly (22.80 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.5[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E3[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 7488, MCG +01-32-048, PGC 40375[2] | |
NGC 4365 is an elliptical galaxy[5] located in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 13, 1784.[6][7][8]
NGC 4365 is the central galaxy of W' cloud, a cloud of galaxies about 6 megaparsecs behind (further from us than) the Virgo supercluster.[9] NGC 4365 has a kinematically distinct, counter-rotating stellar core region, which provides strong evidence for the theory that elliptical galaxies grow through mergers.[10] The mean age of its stellar population is greater than 12 billion years, and it retains a triaxial structure that has remained largely unchanged for 12 billion years. Because supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies tend to scatter stars into chaotic new orbits, the longevity of NGC 4365's triaxial structure and kinematically distinct stellar populations indicates that it cannot have a supermassive black hole with a mass greater than 3×109 M☉.[11]
There is a stream of globular clusters connecting NGC 4365 to the neighboring compact S0 galaxy NGC 4342. It appears that NGC 4365 is stripping globular clusters and stars from its neighbor via tidal interaction.[9]
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