SDSS J094836.34+154813.3

SDSS J094836.34+154813.3
SDSS image of SDSS J094836.34+154813.3
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension09h 48m 36.35s[1]
Declination+15° 48′ 13.37″[1]
Redshift0.334707[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity100,343 ± 21 km/s[1]
Distance4,842.4 ± 339.0 Mly (1,484.68 ± 103.93 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterWHL J094836.3+154813
magnitude (J)15.63[1]
magnitude (K)14.96[1]
Characteristics
TypeFR I
Size~743,000 ly (227.8 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Other designations
2MASX J09483633+1548132, [LHC2018] J147.15141+15.80372, NVSS J094836+154812, TXS 0945+160, [YHW2016] J147.15141+15.80371, WHL J094836.3+154813 BCG, LEDA 3747350

SDSS J094836.34+154813.3 also known as [LHC2018] J147.15141+15.80372, is a radio galaxy located in the constellation of Leo. The redshift of the galaxy has been determined to be (z) 0.334.[1]

Description

SDSS J094836.34+154813.3 is an elliptical galaxy[2] residing as the brightest cluster galaxy of the WHL J094836.3+154813 with 22 confirmed galaxy member candidates, but it does not belong to any superclusters. The R-band magnitude of the galaxy is 17.60 magnitude while the absolute magnitude is -23.64.[3][4][5]

The central nucleus of the galaxy is active and it has been classified as a Fanaroff-Riley Class Type I radio galaxy with its total flux density calculated as 41.70 mJy by NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS).[6] The radio morphology is mainly elongated, depicted as a single elliptical profile component. There is a presence of a radio core with a core flux density of 37.69 mJy while the total radio emission flux is 42.70 mJy.[2] The total radio power has been calculated to be 16.31 × 1024 WHz−1.[4]

A study found the total stellar mass of the galaxy is 11.32 M☉. The log radio luminosity is 25.17 W Hz−1 while the radio flux density at 1.4 GHz frequencies is 41.7 mJy. The rest-frame r0.1 magnitude is -22.963. Evidence found the galaxy is powered by its own active galactic nucleus (AGN).[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NED Search results for SDSS J094836.34+154813.3". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  2. 1 2 Kozieł-Wierzbowska, Dorota; Goyal, Arti; Żywucka, Natalia (2020-03-23). "Radio Sources Associated with Optical Galaxies and Having Unresolved or Extended Morphologies (ROGUE). I. A Catalog of SDSS Galaxies with FIRST Core Identifications". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 247 (2): 53. arXiv:1912.09959. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab63d3. ISSN 0067-0049.
  3. ↑ Wen, Z. L.; Han, J. L.; Liu, F. S. (2012-03-30). "A CATALOG OF 132,684 CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES IDENTIFIED FROM SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY III". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 199 (2): 34. arXiv:1202.6424. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/199/2/34. ISSN 0067-0049.
  4. 1 2 Yuan, Z. S.; Han, J. L.; Wen, Z. L. (2016-05-12). "Radio luminosity function of brightest cluster galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 460 (4): 3669–3678. arXiv:1605.03387. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw1125. ISSN 0035-8711.
  5. ↑ Sankhyayan, Shishir; Bagchi, Joydeep; Tempel, Elmo; More, Surhud; Einasto, Maret; Dabhade, Pratik; Raychaudhury, Somak; Athreya, Ramana; Heinämäki, Pekka (2023-11-01). "Identification of Superclusters and Their Properties in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Using the WHL Cluster Catalog". The Astrophysical Journal. 958 (1): 62. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acfaeb. ISSN 0004-637X.
  6. ↑ Ma, Zhixian; Xu, Haiguang; Zhu, Jie; Hu, Dan; Li, Weitian; Shan, Chenxi; Zhu, Zhenghao; Gu, Liyi; Li, Jinjin; Liu, Chengze; Wu, Xiangping (2019-02-01). "A Machine Learning Based Morphological Classification of 14,245 Radio AGNs Selected from the Best–Heckman Sample". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 240 (2): 34. arXiv:1812.07190. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/aaf9a2. ISSN 0067-0049.
  7. ↑ Lin, Yen-Ting; Huang, Hung-Jin; Chen, Yen-Chi (2018-04-10). "An Analysis Framework for Understanding the Origin of Nuclear Activity in Low-power Radio Galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 155 (5): 188. arXiv:1803.02482. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aab5b4. ISSN 0004-6256.