NGC 3861

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NGC 3861
SDSS NGC 3861 and MCG +03-30-094.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 3861 and MCG +03-30-094 (galaxy at the lower left).
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Leo
Right ascension 11h 45m 03.9s [1]
Declination 19° 58′ 25″ [1]
Redshift 0.016982 [1]
Helio radial velocity 5091 km/s [1]
Distance 310  Mly (95.1  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Leo Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.7 [1]
Characteristics
Type (R')SAB(r)b [1]
Size~224,000  ly (68.8  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)2.53 x 0.99 [1]
Other designations
CGCG 97-129, IRAS 11424+2015, KCPG 299A, MCG 3-30-93, PGC 36604, UGC 6724 [1]

NGC 3861 is a large [2] barred spiral galaxy [3] [4] with a ring-like structure [3] located about 310 million light-years away [5] in the constellation Leo. [6] It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on March 23, 1827. [7] NGC 3861 is a member of the Leo Cluster and has a normal amount of neutral hydrogen (H I) and ionised hydrogen (H II). [2]

NGC 3861 is a low luminosity type II Seyfert galaxy. [8] However, it is also classified as a LINER galaxy. [9] [10]

On March 7, 2014, a type Ia supernova designated as SN 2014aa was discovered in NGC 3861. [11] [12] [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3861. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  2. 1 2 Scott, T. C.; Usero, A.; Brinks, E.; Boselli, A.; Cortese, L.; Bravo-Alfaro, H. (2012-12-03). "CO in late-type galaxies within the central region of Abell 1367". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 429 (1): 221–241. arXiv: 1211.0523 . doi:10.1093/mnras/sts328. ISSN   1365-2966. S2CID   2578309.
  3. 1 2 "HyperLeda -object description". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  4. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  5. ↑ "NED Query Results for NGC 3861". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  6. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3861". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  7. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3850 - 3899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  8. ↑ Sun, M.; Murray, S. S. (2002). "Chandra View of the Dynamically Young Cluster of Galaxies A1367. II. Point Sources". The Astrophysical Journal. 577 (1): 139–149. arXiv: astro-ph/0202431 . Bibcode:2002ApJ...577..139S. doi:10.1086/342156. ISSN   0004-637X. S2CID   119421982.
  9. ↑ Terashima, Yuichi; Hirata, Yoshitaka; Awaki, Hisamitsu; Oyabu, Shinki; Gandhi, Poshak; Toba, Yoshiki; Hideo Matsuhara (2015). "A New Sample of Obscured AGNs Selected from the XMM-Newton and AKARI Surveys". The Astrophysical Journal. 814 (1): 11. arXiv: 1511.00431 . Bibcode:2015ApJ...814...11T. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/814/1/11. ISSN   0004-637X. S2CID   118472770.
  10. ↑ "NGC 3861" . Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  11. ↑ "Bright Supernovae - 2014". rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  12. ↑ "SN 2014aa | Transient Name Server". wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  13. ↑ "2014aa - The Open Supernova Catalog". sne.space. Archived from the original on 2018-07-28. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
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