Astronomy:Holmberg IX

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Holmberg IX
Hubble Space Telescope image of the dwarf irregular galaxy Holmberg IX
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension 09h 57m 32.1s[1]
Declination+69° 02′ 46″[1]
Distance12 Mly
(3.6 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)16.5[1]
Characteristics
TypedI[1]
Apparent size (V)1.41 ± 0.07[1]
Notable featuresSatellite galaxy of Messier 81
Other designations
UGC 5336, [B93] 17, DDO 66, 2E 0953.7+6918, 2E 2199, 1ES 0953+69.3, HIJASS J0957+69A, Holmberg IX, [IW2001] H42, [IW2001] P63, K68 62, LEDA 28757, Mailyan 48, MCG+12-10-012, [MI94] Im 62, SPB 118, PGC 28757

Holmberg IX is a dwarf irregular galaxy and a satellite galaxy of M81, located in the constellation of Ursa Major. It is a Magellanic type galaxy, similar to the Small Magellanic Cloud, neighbour galaxy to the Milky Way Galaxy.[3] The galaxy is named after Erik Holmberg who first described it, though it was originally discovered by Sidney van den Bergh in 1959.[4][3] Based on the observed age distribution of stars it contains, 20% of its stellar mass formed within the last 200 Myr, making it the youngest nearby galaxy.[5] It is also home to one of two yellow supergiant eclipsing binary systems.[6][7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "UGC 5336". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=UGC+5336. 
  2. Prieto, J. L. (January 2008). "LBT Discovery of a Yellow Supergiant Eclipsing Binary in the Dwarf Galaxy Holmberg IX". The Astrophysical Journal 673 (1): L59–L62. doi:10.1086/527415. Bibcode2008ApJ...673L..59P. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Holmberg IX news from Hubblesite". 8 January 2008. https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2008/02/2236-Image.html. 
  4. Van Den Bergh, Sidney (1959). "A Catalogue of Dwarf Galaxies". Publications of the David Dunlap Observatory 2 (5): 147. Bibcode1959PDDO....2..147V. 
  5. Sabbi, E.; Gallagher, J. S.; Smith, L. J.; de Mello, D. F.; Mountain, M. (March 2006). "Holmberg IX: The Nearest Young Galaxy". The Astrophysical Journal 676 (2): L113–L117. doi:10.1086/587548. Bibcode2008ApJ...676L.113S. 
  6. "Two new Star Systems are the First of Their kind Ever Found". Archived from the original on 2008-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20080402133205/http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/superyellow.htm. 
  7. "Two Yellow Supergiant Eclipsing Binary Systems Discovered: First Of Their Kind Ever Found". Science Daily. 2008-04-01. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080331135542.htm. 

Further reading

Coordinates: Sky map 09h 57m 32.1s, +69° 02′ 46″