NGC 3884

NGC 3884 is a spiral galaxy located about 330 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Leo.[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785[4] and is a member of the Leo Cluster.[5][6][7]

NGC 3884
SDSS image of NGC 3884
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension 11h 46m 12.2s[1]
Declination20° 23′ 30″[1]
Redshift0.023436[1]
Helio radial velocity7,026 km/s[1]
Distance330 Mly (100 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterLeo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)13.5[1]
Characteristics
TypeSA(r)0/a, LINER[1]
Size~210,000 ly (65 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)1.64 × 1.10[1]
Other designations
CGCG 127-52, MCG 4-28-51, PGC 36706, UGC 6746[1]

Although it is classified as a LINER galaxy,[8][9] NGC 3884 is also classified as a type 1 seyfert galaxy.[2][10]

SN 2018yn

On February 23, 2018, a type Ic supernova designated as SN 2018yn was discovered in NGC 3884.[11][12]

See also

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3884. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  3. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3884". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3850 - 3899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  5. J., Donas; V., Buat; B., Milliard; M., Laget (August 1990). "Ultraviolet observations of galaxies in nearby clusters. I - Star formation rate in spiral galaxies of Abell 1367". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 235: 60. Bibcode:1990A&A...235...60D. ISSN 0004-6361.
  6. "NGC 3884". Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  7. "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  8. "NGC 3884". Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  9. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  10. Reddy, Naveen A.; Yun, Min S. (2004). "Radio and Far-Infrared Emission as Tracers of Star Formation and Active Galactic Nuclei in Nearby Cluster Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal. 600 (2): 695–715. arXiv:astro-ph/0309649. Bibcode:2004ApJ...600..695R. doi:10.1086/379871. ISSN 0004-637X.
  11. dbishopx@gmail.com. "Bright Supernovae - 2018". rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  12. "AT2018yn - The Open Supernova Catalog". sne.space. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  • Media related to NGC 3884 at Wikimedia Commons


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