Astronomy:NGC 3861

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Leo
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)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension 11h 45m 03.9s[1]
Declination19° 58′ 25″[1]
Redshift0.016982[1]
Helio radial velocity5091 km/s[1]
Distance310 Mly (95.1 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterLeo 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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3861. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. Retrieved 2018-07-27. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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" (in en). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 429 (1): 221–241. doi:10.1093/mnras/sts328. ISSN 1365-2966. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "HyperLeda -object description". http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?PGC%20036604. 
  4. "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=+NGC3861&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. 
  5. "NED Query Results for NGC 3861" (in en-US). http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+3861. 
  6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3861". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC3861. 
  7. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3850 - 3899" (in en-US). https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc38a.htm#3861. 
  8. Sun, M.; Murray, S. S. (2002). "Chandra View of the Dynamically Young Cluster of Galaxies A1367. II. Point Sources" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal 577 (1): 139–149. doi:10.1086/342156. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode2002ApJ...577..139S. http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/577/i=1/a=139. 
  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" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal 814 (1): 11. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/814/1/11. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode2015ApJ...814...11T. http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/814/i=1/a=11. 
  10. "NGC 3861". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+3861&QueryType=ned. 
  11. "Bright Supernovae - 2014.". http://rochesterastronomy.org/sn2014/index.html#2014aa. 
  12. "SN 2014aa | Transient Name Server" (in en). https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2014aa. 
  13. "2014aa - The Open Supernova Catalog" (in en-US). https://sne.space/sne/2014aa/. 

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