Astronomy:NGC 3301
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Short description: Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Leo
| NGC 3301 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 3301 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Leo |
| Right ascension | 10h 36m 56.030s[1] |
| Declination | +21° 52′ 55.80″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.004450[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 1331 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 74 Mly (22.8 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.09[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.2[2] |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | −20.9[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | (R')SB(rs)0/a[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 5767, MCG+04-25-035, PGC 31497[2] | |
NGC 3301, also known as NGC 3760, is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Leo. Its apparent magnitude in the V-band is 11.1.[4] It was first observed on March 12, 1784, by the astronomer William Herschel.[5] 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.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 3301". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3301.
- ↑ Cappellari, Michele (2011). "The ATLAS3D project – I. A volume-limited sample of 260 nearby early-type galaxies: science goals and selection criteria". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 413 (2): 813–836. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18174.x. Bibcode: 2011MNRAS.413..813C.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Results for object NGC 3301 (NGC 3301)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%203301&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3300 - 3349". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc33.htm#3301. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ↑ "The Leo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/leoii.html.
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