NGC 4274 - 'Ring' Galaxy in Coma. (astroeyes)

NGC 4274 - 'Ring' Galaxy in Coma.

Not too far from NGC 5033 and NGC 5005 lies this beautiful inclined spiral

galaxy, ngc 4274. At first glance I thought this looks a little like the planet

Saturn. Located in Coma, it is in fact a SBa spiral, magnitude 10.3.

Looks like a 'Ring' galaxy to me and there is quite a lot of fine detail visible

in the dust lanes in the ring, leading right into the core.

Although not included in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, I think he

would definitely show some interest in this galaxy. The reason for this is that

there a number of quasars, that I have located and indicated on my image, in

close proximity to NGC 4274. They all fall within quite a narrow cone about the

minor axis of the galaxy. Arp's arguement is that quasars are not at redshift

distances, as assumed by mainstream conventional wisdom. His theory is that

quasars are ejected from the nuclei of old galaxies and evolve from high

redshift objects to low redshift galaxies. Interestingly, although he has had

some very high profile supporters over the years, including Fred Hoyle and the

Burbidges, most modern astronomers reject Arp's theories outright but I like to

explore unusual fringe theories out of curiosity. Certainly, in this case the

quasars are pretty close to the minor axis and near enough to the galaxy to

cause interest, although there are some anomalies in the measured redshifts.

Interestingly, there are a number of recent papers referencing 'proper motions

of quasars', which seems to indicate to me that quasars cannot be the distant

objects they are reported to be unless they are travelling at many times the

speed of light - impossible.

Anyway, here's the image and it is a very pretty galaxy. 33 x 180 sec exposures,

acquired, colour converted and sigma combined in AA3. Background reduction in

PixInsight, noise reduction in NEAT image.

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