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NGC 3301
SDSS image of NGC 3301
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension10h 36m 56.030s[1]
Declination+21° 52′ 55.80″[1]
Redshift0.004450[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity1331 km/s[2]
Distance74 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. ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. ^ a b c d "NGC 3301". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  3. ^ Cappellari, Michele; et al. (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. arXiv:1012.1551. Bibcode:2011MNRAS.413..813C. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18174.x. S2CID 15391206.
  4. ^ a b c d "Results for object NGC 3301 (NGC 3301)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  5. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3300 - 3349". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  6. ^ "The Leo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved 2010-11-27.

External links

  • Media related to NGC 3301 at Wikimedia Commons