NGC 4061
SDSS image of NGC 4061.NGC 4065 can be seen to the left of the image.
Observation data (J2000epoch)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	12h 04m 01.5s[1]
Declination	20° 13′ 56″[1]
Redshift	0.024027[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	7203 km/s[1]
Distance	310 Mly (94 Mpc)[1]
Group orcluster	NGC 4065 Group
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.12[1]
Characteristics
Type	E[1]
Size	~120,000 ly (37 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.2 x 0.9[1]
Other designations
NGC 4055, MCG +04-29-006, PGC 038146, UGC 07044, VV 179b[1]

NGC 4061 is anelliptical galaxy located 310light-years away^[2] in theconstellationComa Berenices.^[3] It was discovered by astronomerWilliam Herschel on April 27, 1785. It was rediscovered byJohn Herschel on April 29, 1832. It is listed both as NGC 4061 and NGC 4055.^[4] NGC 4061 is a member of theNGC 4065 Group^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]} and forms aninteracting^[14][15] pair with its companion,NGC 4065^[8][14] as evidenced by distortions in their opticalisophotes.^[15][9]

NGC 4061 is classified as aradio galaxy^{[7][15][9][16][17][18][11][19]} with aFanaroff and Riley classification of type I.^[20]

NGC 4061 has two radio jets that appear to be very straight and that dramatically oppose each other. At a distance of 26,000 ly (8 kpc) from the core the jets appear to suddenly sweep back. This sudden bending of the jets suggest that they are leaving theinterstellar medium (ISM) of NGC 4061 and entering into theintracluster medium (ICM). After the sharp bending, the jets continue to open for about 82,000 ly (25 kpc) and extend into a "U" or horseshoe morphology similar toNGC 1265, with each jet having a length of 160,000 ly (50 kpc). This morphology is thought to be due to the motion of NGC 4061 through the ICM with sufficient velocity to bend the jets byram-pressure stripping.^[15]

The interaction withNGC 4065 may have also contributed to bending the jets.^[9]

NGC 4061 has a dust disk with a diameter of 7,420 ly (2.275 kpc).^[21][1]

NGC 4061 has asupermassive black hole with a mass in the range of 1-9 × 10⁹M☉.^[22][23]

On February 18, 2008 atype Ia supernova designated as SN 2008bf was discovered in NGC 4061.^{[24][25][26][27]} However, the Open Supernova Catalog suggests that the host galaxy may be the nearbyNGC 4065.^[27]

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
• NGC 1272

1.^ This was determined by multiplying the given scale length in the paper of 0.55arcseconds=820 ly (250 pc) by 9.1 to get the diameter of the dust disk.

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