Published October 1, 2020 | Version v1
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The Cepheid Distance to the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4151

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 W 18th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210 (United States)
  • 3. Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr., Baltimore, MD 21218 (United States)
  • 4. George P. and Cynthia W. Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (United States)
  • 5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, 25 Park Pl., Suite 605, Atlanta, GA 30303 (United States)
  • 6. UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (United States)
  • 7. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei," Università di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 3, I-35122 Padova (Italy)
  • 8. Max Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Postfach 1312, D-85741, Garching (Germany)
  • 9. NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics, National Research Council, 5071 West Saanich Rd., Victoria, BC V9E 2E7 (Canada)
  • 10. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alaska Anchorage, AK 99508 (United States)
  • 11. Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2611 (Australia)
  • 12. Departamento de Astronomia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Goncalves 9500, 91501 Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil)
  • 13. Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721 (United States)

Description

We derive a distance of 15.8 ± 0.4 Mpc to the archetypal Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4151 based on the near-infrared Cepheid period–luminosity relation and new Hubble Space Telescope multiband imaging. This distance determination, based on measurements of 35 long-period (P > 25 days) Cepheids, will support the absolute calibration of the supermassive black hole mass in this system, as well as studies of the dynamics of the feedback or feeding of its active galactic nucleus.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abb377

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.3847/1538-4357/abb377;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
902
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[15 p.]
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
52071801
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; CALIBRATION; CEPHEIDS; DISTANCE; FEEDBACK; GALAXY NUCLEI; LUMINOSITY; MASS; PERIODICITY; SEYFERT GALAXIES; SPACE VEHICLES; TELESCOPES
Descriptors DEC
GALAXIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PULSATING VARIABLE STARS; STARS; VARIABLE STARS; VARIATIONS; VEHICLES