NGC 3336

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NGC 3336
PanSTARRS NGC 3336.jpg
Image of NGC 3336 by PanSTARRS.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Hydra
Right ascension 10h 40m 17.0s [1]
Declination −27° 46′ 37″ [1]
Redshift 0.013343 [1]
Helio radial velocity 4000 km/s [1]
Distance 193  Mly (59.3  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Hydra Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.00 [1]
Characteristics
Type SBc [1]
Size~135,000  ly (41.3  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.9 x 1.5 [1]
Other designations
ESO 437-36, AM 1037-273, IRAS 10379-2730, MCG -5-25-36, PGC 31754 [1]

NGC 3336 is a barred spiral galaxy [2] [3] located about 190 million light-years away [4] in the constellation Hydra. [2] It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on March 24, 1835. [5] [3] NGC 3336 is a member of the Hydra Cluster. [6]

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A supernova of an unknown type was discovered in NGC 3336 on December 20, 1984. It was designated as SN 1984S. [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3336. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  2. 1 2 "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3336". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  3. 1 2 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3300 - 3349". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  5. ↑ Gottlieb, Steve. "Astronomy-Mall: Adventures In Deep Space NGC objects 3001-3999". Astronomy-Mall. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  6. ↑ Richter, O.-G. (February 1989). "The Hydra I cluster of galaxies. V - A catalogue of galaxies in the cluster area". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 77: 237–256. Bibcode:1989A&AS...77..237R.
  7. ↑ "List of supernovae sorted by host name". Bright Supernova - Archives. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  8. ↑ "1984S - The Open Supernova Catalog". sne.space. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  9. ↑ "1984S | Transient Name Server". wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il. Retrieved 2018-06-13.


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