Markarian galaxy
(Mkn)
(list of galaxies with excess ultraviolet light)
Markarian galaxies have an excess of ultraviolet light
from the galaxy's nucleus, indicating more than the usual percentage of
A-type through O-type stars. Benjamin Markarian searched
out and assembled a list of them during a period from
the late 1960s to the early 1980s.
Note that Benjamin Markarian also produced a list of open cluster
discoveries, which are often designated using the same prefixes,
such as "Mrk 38", which is used to designate a particular Markarian
galaxy and also used for a particular open cluster. Using the general "Cl"
(for "cluster") prefix, e.g., "Cl Mrk 38", is one way to avoid the ambiguity.
(galaxy type,survey,ultraviolet)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markarian_galaxies
http://markarian.aras.am/scigal.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1963CoBAO..34....3M
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007ApJS..170...33P/abstract
Prefix | Example | | |
Mark | Mark 335 | | |
Markarian | Markarian 335 | | |
Mkn | Mkn 335 | | |
Mrk | Mrk 335 | | |
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