NGC 3754

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NGC 3754
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NGC 3754 is located left of the image above NGC 3753 and NGC 3750 which was taken by Mount Lemmon Observatory
Observation data
Constellation Leo
Right ascension 11h 37m 54.921s
Declination +21d 59m 07.80s
Redshift 0.029952
Heliocentric radial velocity 8,979 km/s
Distance 447 Mly (137 Mpc)
Group or cluster Copeland Septet
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.3
Characteristics
Type SBc
Size58,000 ly
Other designations
PGC 36018, CGCG 127-012N, MCG +04-28-011, VV 282b, Copeland Septet NED07, 2MASS J1137549+2159080, SDSS J113754.92+215907.8, HCG 057D, NSA 112842, AGC 210537, NVSS J113754+215910, 2XMM J113755.0+215908, LEDA 36018

NGC 3754 is a small barred spiral galaxy [1] located in Leo. [2] It is located 447 million light-years away from the Solar System [3] and was discovered on April 5, 1874, by Ralph Copeland. [4]

The luminosity class of NGC 3754 is II [3] and it is listed as a LINER galaxy by SIMBAD, meaning, a nucleus presenting an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weak ionized atoms. [5]

Copeland Septet

Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of NGC 3754 above two members of the Copeland Septet NGC3753 - SDSS DR14.png
Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of NGC 3754 above two members of the Copeland Septet

NGC 3754 is a member of the Copeland Septet which is made up of 7 galaxies discovered by Copeland in 1874. [6] The other members of the group, are NGC 3745, NGC 3746, NGC 3748, NGC 3750, NGC 3751 and NGC 3753. [7]

Halton Arp noticed the 7 galaxies in an article published in 1966. [8] This group is designated as Arp 320 in which PGC 36010 is part of them. [9]

The 7 galaxies were also observed by Paul Hickson, in which he included them inside his article in 1982. [10] This group is known as Hickson 57, in which NGC 3754 is designated as HCG 57D. [11]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Copeland Septet</span> A group of galaxies in the constellation Leo

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 3758</span>

NGC 3758 known as the Owl Galaxy, is a type Sb spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo. It is located 447 million light-years from the solar system and an approximate diameter of 70,000 thousand light-years. NGC 3758 was discovered by Ralph Copeland on March 18, 1874, but also independently discovered by Edouard Stephan ten years later.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 3746</span>

NGC 3746 is a large barred spiral galaxy with a ring structure located in the Leo constellation. It is located 449 million light-years from the Solar System and has an approximate diameter of 165,000 thousand light-years. NGC 3746 was discovered by Ralph Copeland on 9 February 1874 with subsequent observations made by Hermann Kobold, Lawrence Parsons and John Louis Emil Dreyer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 3753</span>

NGC 3753 is a large spiral galaxy with a bar located in the Leo constellation. It is located 435 million light-years away from the Solar System and was discovered on February 9, 1874, by Ralph Copeland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 3750</span>

NGC 3750 is a lenticular galaxy with a bar located in the constellation of Leo. It is located 450 million light-years from the Solar System and was discovered by Ralph Copeland on February 9, 1874.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 3748</span>

NGC 3748 is a lenticular galaxy with a bar located in the Leo constellation. It is located 440 million light-years away from the Solar System and was discovered by Ralph Copeland on April 5, 1874, but also observed by Hermann Kobold, Lawrence Parsons and John Louis Emil Dreyer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 3745</span>

NGC 3745 is a lenticular galaxy with a bar structure located in the constellation of Leo. NGC 3745 is located 471 million light-years away from the Solar System and was discovered by Ralph Copeland on April 5, 1874, but also observed by Hermann Kobold, Lawrence Parsons and John Louis Emil Dreyer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 3751</span>

NGC 3751 is a type E-S0 lenticular galaxy located in the Leo constellation. It is located 450 million light-years away from the Solar System and was discovered by Ralph Copeland on April 5, 1874.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">IC 2759</span>

IC 2759 is a small type E elliptical galaxy located in the constellation of Leo. It is located 350 million light-years away from the Solar System and was discovered on April 24, 1897, by Guillaume Bigourdan. Sometimes IC 2759 is confused with the spiral galaxy, PGC 34882 which is located south of the galaxy.

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