LEDA 83677

{{Short description|Seyfert lenticular galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices}} {{Infobox Galaxy | name = [[Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database|LEDA]] 83677 | image = Pgc83677.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = A Hubble Image of the Seyfert Galaxy LEDA 83677 | epoch = [[J2000]] | type =Sa <ref name="ned">{{cite web | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database | work=Results for PGC 83677 | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ | accessdate=2017-07-04}}</ref> | ra = {{RA|12|57|10.7}} <ref name="ned" /> | dec = {{DEC|27|24|18}}<ref name="ned" /> | dist_ly = 288,510,000 [[Light-year|ly]] | z = 0.020731/6215 km/s<ref name="ned" /> | appmag_v = 15.7<ref name="ned" /> | size_v = 0.53 x 0.43<ref name="ned" /> | constellation name = [[Coma Berenices (constellation)|Coma Berenices]] | names =2MASX J12571076+2724177, PGC 83677<ref name="ned" /> |size=~53,890 ly (estimated)<ref name="ned" /> }} '''LEDA 83677''' is a [[lenticular galaxy]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1637a/|title=Standing out from the crowd|last=|website=www.spacetelescope.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-07-04}}</ref> located about 290 million [[light-year]]s away<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=PGC+83677&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-07-04}}</ref> in the [[constellation]] [[Coma Berenices (constellation)|Coma Berenices]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc48.htm#pgc83677|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4800–4849|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-04}}</ref> It is a member of the [[Coma Cluster|Coma cluster of galaxies]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/hubble-lenticular-galaxy-pgc-83677-04181.html|title=Hubble Captures Image of Little-Known Lenticular Galaxy {{!}} Astronomy {{!}} Sci-News.com|work=Breaking Science News {{!}} Sci-News.com|access-date=2017-07-04|language=en-US}}</ref> LEDA 83677 is also classified as a [[Seyfert galaxy|type 1 Seyfert galaxy.]]<ref name=":2" /> The core of the galaxy is emitting high-energy X-rays and ultraviolet light, probably caused by a massive [[black hole]] lurking in the core.<ref name=":1" /> [[File:Hubble Finds a Lenticular Galaxy Standing Out in the Crowd (29092024214).jpg|thumb|left|Wider image of LEDA 83677 with more distant galaxies in the background]]

== See also == * [[NGC 4477]] * [[NGC 6814]]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:LEDA 83677}} [[Category:Lenticular galaxies]] [[Category:Coma Berenices]] [[Category:LEDA objects|83677]] [[Category:Coma Cluster]] [[Category:Seyfert galaxies]]