Trio of interacting galaxies in the constellation Cancer
SDSS J0849+1114 (SDSS J084905.51+111447.2 ) is a late-stage galaxy merger forming from a trio of galaxies located in the constellation of Cancer . At the redshift of 0.077, they are located 1.06 billion light-years from Earth .[ 1] [ 2] active galactic nucleus (AGN) candidate in a Sloan Digital Sky Survey study published in 2011,[ 3] astronomers discovered it harbors three supermassive black holes in its center.[ 4]
Characteristics
SDSS J0849+1114 is made up of three closely spaced interacting spiral galaxies , all showing signs of distortion. It has tidal tail features indicative of a late-stage merger .[ 2] [ 5] type 2 Seyferts according to long-slit spectroscopy observations from Apache Point Observatory .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] luminous infrared galaxies with luminosity of 8-1000 μm.[ 2]
According to a study published in 2022, the primary nucleus of SDSS J0849+1114 is more powerful compared to the secondary and tertiary nuclei. Further evidence also points out it has a double-sided jet with its orientation changing by 20 degrees , explaining the angular momentum of the black hole might be changed by a merger-enhanced accretion . The secondary nucleus shows absence of radio emission at all frequencies while the tertiary nucleus also has a two-sided jet but shown enlarging a radio lobe . Based on the internal energy of the lobe, it is estimated 5.0 × 1055 erg .[ 9] tidal stripping by the main nucleus.[ 8]
Supermassive black holes
The three supermassive black holes in SDSS J0849+1114 are found colliding together with a separation gap of only between 10,000 and 30,000 light-years.[ 10] 11.3 M ☉ , 106.4 M ☉ and 106.7 M ☉ respectively. According to Chandra and NuSTAR observations, one of the black holes showed large quantities of interstellar matter surrounding its torus .[ 4] [ 8]
References
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