NGC 3884 is a spiral galaxy located about 330 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Leo.[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785[4] and is a member of the Leo Cluster.[5][6][7]
| NGC 3884 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 3884 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Leo |
| Right ascension | 11h 46m 12.2s[1] |
| Declination | 20° 23′ 30″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.023436[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 7,026 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 330 Mly (100 Mpc)[1] |
| Group or cluster | Leo Cluster |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.5[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA(r)0/a, LINER[1] |
| Size | ~210,000 ly (65 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.64 × 1.10[1] |
| Other designations | |
| CGCG 127-52, MCG 4-28-51, PGC 36706, UGC 6746[1] | |
Although it is classified as a LINER galaxy,[8][9] NGC 3884 is also classified as a type 1 Seyfert galaxy.[2][10]
On February 23, 2018, a type Ic supernova designated as SN 2018yn was discovered in NGC 3884.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3884. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ a b "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3884". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3850 - 3899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ^ J., Donas; V., Buat; B., Milliard; M., Laget (August 1990). "Ultraviolet observations of galaxies in nearby clusters. I - Star formation rate in spiral galaxies of Abell 1367". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 235: 60. Bibcode:1990A&A...235...60D. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ "NGC 3884". Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ "NGC 3884". Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ Reddy, Naveen A.; Yun, Min S. (2004). "Radio and Far-Infrared Emission as Tracers of Star Formation and Active Galactic Nuclei in Nearby Cluster Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal. 600 (2): 695–715. arXiv:astro-ph/0309649. Bibcode:2004ApJ...600..695R. doi:10.1086/379871. ISSN 0004-637X. S2CID 15068448.
- ^ "Bright Supernovae - 2018". rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ "AT2018yn - The Open Supernova Catalog". sne.space. Archived from the original on 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
External links
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