NGC 3884

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NGC 3884
SDSS NGC 3884.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 3884
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Leo
Right ascension 11h 46m 12.1878s [1]
Declination +20° 23′ 30.023″ [1]
Redshift 0.023123 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 6932 ± 2 km/s [1]
Distance 334.80 ± 31.76  Mly (102.650 ± 9.738  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Leo Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.5 [1]
Characteristics
Type SA(r)0/a, LINER [1]
Size~243,500  ly (74.65  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.64′ × 1.10′ [1]
Other designations
UGC 6746, MCG +04-28-051, PGC 36706, CGCG 127-052 [1]

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]

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Although it is classified as a LINER galaxy, [8] [9] NGC 3884 is also classified as a type 1 Seyfert galaxy. [2] [10]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 3884. SN 2018yn (type Ic, mag. 18) was discovered by POSS on February 23, 2018. [11] [12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Results for object NGC 3884". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech . Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  2. 1 2 "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  3. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3884". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  4. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3850 - 3899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "NGC 3884" . Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  7. ↑ "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  8. ↑ "NGC 3884" . Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  9. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "SN 2018yn". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  12. ↑ Bishop, David. "Bright Supernovae - 2018". rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
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