NGC 3910

NGC 3910
SDSS image of NGC 3910
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Leo
Right ascension	11h 49m 59.3s [1]
Declination	21° 20′ 01″ [1]
Redshift	0.026248 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	7869 km/s [1]
Distance	370  Mly (112  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster	NGC 3937 Group
Apparent magnitude  (V)	13.83 [1]
Absolute magnitude  (B)	-23.42 [1]
Characteristics
Type	S0 [1]
Size	~182,400  ly (55.91  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)	1.6′ × 1.2′ [1]
Other designations
UGC 06800, MCG +04-28-058, PGC 036971 [1]

NGC 3910 is a lenticular galaxy located 370 million light-years away ^[2] in the Leo constellation. It was discovered on December 27, 1786, by astronomer William Herschel. ^[3] NGC 3910 is a member of the NGC 3937 Group. ^{[4] [5]}

NGC 3910 has a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 2.8 × 10⁹ M_☉. ^[6]

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 3910:

• SN 2013hl (Type Ia, mag. 16.7) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 13 December 2013. ^{[7] [8]}
• PSN J11495885+2119018 (Type Ia-91bg, mag. 19.6) was discovered by the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey on 10 February 2015. ^{[9] [10]}

See also

• NGC 3937

References

1. "Results for object NGC 3910". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech . Retrieved 21 June 2025.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
3. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3900 - 3949". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
4. Gregory, S. A.; Thompson, L. A. (1978-06-15). "The Coma/A1367 supercluster and its environs". The Astrophysical Journal. 222: 784. Bibcode:1978ApJ...222..784G. doi:10.1086/156198. ISSN   0004-637X.
5. Tully, R. Brent (2015-04-28). "Galaxy Groups: A 2MASS Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 149 (5): 171. arXiv: 1503.03134 . Bibcode:2015AJ....149..171T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/149/5/171. ISSN   1538-3881.
6. Arzoumanian, Zaven; Baker, Paul T.; Brazier, Adam; Brook, Paul R.; Burke-Spolaor, Sarah; Becsy, Bence; Charisi, Maria; Chatterjee, Shami; Cordes, James M.; Cornish, Neil J.; Crawford, Fronefield; Cromartie, H. Thankful; Decesar, Megan E.; Demorest, Paul B.; Dolch, Timothy (2021-06-01). "The NANOGrav 11 yr Data Set: Limits on Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Galaxies within 500 Mpc". The Astrophysical Journal. 914 (2): 121. arXiv: 2101.02716 . Bibcode:2021ApJ...914..121A. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/abfcd3 . ISSN   0004-637X.
7. Nakano, Syuichi; Itagaki, Koichi; Martignoni, M.; Yusa, T.; Noguchi, T.; Luppi, F.; Buzzi, L.; Hsiao, E. Y.; Phillips, M. M.; Morrell, N.; Marion, G. H.; Contreras, C.; Gall, C.; Stritzinger, M. D.; Kirshner, R. P. (2013). "Supernova 2013hl in NGC 3910 = PSN J11500016+2120166". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (3759): 1. Bibcode:2013CBET.3759....1N.
8. "SN 2013hl". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 22 June 2025.
9. Bishop, David. "Bright Supernovae - 2015 - PSN J11495885+2119018". Rochester Astronomy. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
10. Shivvers, I.; Filippenko, A. V. (2015). "Spectroscopic Classifications of 7 Optical Transients". The Astronomer's Telegram. 7087: 1. Bibcode:2015ATel.7087....1S.

External links

Media related to NGC 3910 at Wikimedia Commons