Astronomy:NGC 3294

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor
NGC 3294
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NGC 3294 by the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo Minor
Right ascension 10h 36m 16.255s[1]
Declination+37° 19′ 29.02″[1]
Redshift0.00523±0.00001[2]
Helio radial velocity1,586 km/s[3]
Distance98.0 Mly (30.1 Mpc)[4]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.2[5]
Apparent magnitude (B)11.5[6]
Characteristics
TypeSA(rs)bc[7]
Apparent size (V)2.223′ × 0.978′[8]
Other designations
NGC 3294, MCG+06-23-021[6]

NGC 3294 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor.[5] It was discovered by William Herschel on Mar 17, 1787.[9] It is a member of the Leo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster.[10] The galaxy is located at a distance of 98[4] million light years and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 1,586 km/s.[3] The morphological class of NGC 3294 is SA(rs)bc,[7] which means this is a spiral galaxy with no central bar (SA), an incomplete inner ring structure (rs), and moderately wound spiral arms (bc).

This galaxy has been host to a pair of supernova events. SN 1990H was discovered April 9, 1990 at a position 12″ west and 1″ south of the galactic nucleus.[11] The spectrum and light curve resembled a type II core-collapse supernova similar to SN 1987A.[12] A scant two years later on February 14, 1992, SN 1992G was imaged 27″ east and 10.5″ south of the nucleus.[13] This was determined to be a type Ia supernova.[14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ↑ Adelman-McCarthy, J. K. (2011). The SDSS Photometric Catalog, Release 8. Bibcode: 2011yCat.2306....0A. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 van Driel, W. et al. (November 2016). "NIBLES: an H I census of stellar mass selected SDSS galaxies. I. The Nançay H I survey". Astronomy & Astrophysics 595: 43. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201528048. A118. Bibcode: 2016A&A...595A.118V. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lianou, S. et al. (November 2019). "Dust properties and star formation of approximately a thousand local galaxies". Astronomy & Astrophysics 631: 19. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834553. A38. Bibcode: 2019A&A...631A..38L. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 O'Meara, Steve (2007). Herschel 400 Observing Guide. Cambridge University Press. p. 117. ISBN 9780521858939. https://books.google.com/books?id=Nyh9fAC_tpIC&pg=PA117. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "NGC 3294". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3294. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Herrera-Endoqui, M. et al. (October 2015). "Catalogue of the morphological features in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G)". Astronomy & Astrophysics 582: 16. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201526047. A86. Bibcode: 2015A&A...582A..86H. 
  8. ↑ Skrutskie, Michael F. et al. (February 1, 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  9. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3250 - 3299". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc32a.htm#3294. 
  10. ↑ "The Leo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/leoii.html. 
  11. ↑ Perlmutter, S. et al. (April 1990). Green, D. W. E.. ed. "Supernova 1990H in NGC 3294". IAU Circular 4992 (1): 1. Bibcode: 1990IAUC.4992....1P. 
  12. ↑ Filippenko, A. V.; Dickinson, M. (April 1990). Green, D. W. E.. ed. "Supernova 1990H in NGC 3294". IAU Circular 5003 (2): 2. Bibcode: 1990IAUC.5003....2F. 
  13. ↑ Kosai, H. et al. (February 1992). Green, D. W. E.. ed. "Supernova 1992G in NGC 3294". IAU Circular 5452 (1): 1. Bibcode: 1992IAUC.5452....1K. 
  14. ↑ Tsvetkov, D. Yu. (May 1994). "Observations of supernovae 1992G, 1992H, and 1993G". Astronomy Letters 20 (3): 374–376. Bibcode: 1994AstL...20..374T. 

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