Astronomy:NGC 3300

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NGC 3300
SDSS image of NGC 3300
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension 10h 36m 38.43673s[1]
Declination+14° 10′ 15.9950″[1]
Redshift0.01007[2]
Helio radial velocity3004 km/s[2]
Distance161.6 ± 11.4 Mly (49.55 ± 3.49 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.32[4]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(r)00:?[3]
Other designations
UGC 5766, MCG+02-27-030, PGC 31472[2]

NGC 3300 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Leo.[5] It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on 19 March 1784.[6]

NGC 3300 is a LINER-type galaxy.[2] NGC 3300 is part of a galaxy group known as NGC 3306 Group or LGG 207. It has at least 7 confirmed members, which are NGC 3306, NGC 3300, UGC 5695, UGC 5739, UGC 5760, UGC 5758 and UGC 5781.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 649: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. Bibcode: 2021A&A...649A...1G. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 3300". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3300. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Results for object NGC 3300 (NGC 3300)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%203300&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2023-01-30. 
  4. ↑ "Search specification: NGC 3300". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%203300. Retrieved 2023-01-30. 
  5. ↑ "NGC 3300". https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ngc3300-object. 
  6. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3300 - 3349". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc33.htm#3300. Retrieved 2023-01-30. 
  7. ↑ Garcia, A. M. (1993). "General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series 100: 47–90. Bibcode: 1993A&AS..100...47G. 

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Coordinates: Sky map 10h 36m 38.43673s, +14° 10′ 15.9950″