NGC 3844

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NGC 3844
NGC3844 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 3844
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Leo
Right ascension 11h 44m 00.8s [1]
Declination 20° 01′ 46″ [1]
Redshift 0.022612 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 6779 km/s [1]
Distance 320  Mly (97  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Leo Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.85 [1]
Characteristics
Type S0/a [1]
Size~136,000  ly (41.6  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.2 x 0.2 [1]
Other designations
CGCG 97-97, MCG 3-30-69, PGC 36481, UGC 6705 [1]

NGC 3844 is a lenticular galaxy located about 320 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Leo. [3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 8, 1864. [4] NGC 3844 is a member of the Leo Cluster [5] [6] [4] and is likely to be a low-luminosity AGN (LLAGN). [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3844. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  3. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3844". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  4. 1 2 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3800 - 3849". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  5. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  6. ↑ "NGC 3844" . Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  7. ↑ Sun, M.; Vikhlinin, A.; Forman, W.; Jones, C.; Murray, S. S. (2005). "The Survival and Destruction of X-Ray Coronae of Early-Type Galaxies in Rich Cluster Environments: A Case Study of A1367". The Astrophysical Journal. 619 (1): 169–177. arXiv: astro-ph/0408425 . Bibcode:2005ApJ...619..169S. doi:10.1086/425298. ISSN   0004-637X. S2CID   16811452.


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