NGC 3910
| NGC 3910 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 3910 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Leo |
| Right ascension | 11h 49m 59.3s[1] |
| Declination | 21° 20′ 01″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.026248[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 7869 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 370 Mly (112 Mpc)[1] |
| Group or cluster | NGC 3937 Group |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.83[1] |
| Absolute magnitude (B) | -23.42[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0-[1] |
| Size | ~182,400 ly (55.91 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.6′ × 1.2′[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 06800, MCG +04-28-058, PGC 036971[1] | |
NGC 3910 is a lenticular galaxy located 370 million light-years away[2] in the Leo constellation. It was discovered on December 27, 1786, by astronomer William Herschel.[3] NGC 3910 is a member of the NGC 3937 Group.[4][5]
NGC 3910 has a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 2.8 × 109 M☉.[6]
Supernovae
[edit]Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 3910:
- SN 2013hl (Type Ia, mag. 16.7) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 13 December 2013.[7][8]
- PSN J11495885+2119018 (Type Ia-91bg, mag. 19.6) was discovered by the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey on 10 February 2015.[9][10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Results for object NGC 3910". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3900 - 3949". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ Gregory, S. A.; Thompson, L. A. (1978-06-15). "The Coma/A1367 supercluster and its environs". The Astrophysical Journal. 222: 784. Bibcode:1978ApJ...222..784G. doi:10.1086/156198. ISSN 0004-637X.
- ^ Tully, R. Brent (2015-04-28). "Galaxy Groups: A 2MASS Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 149 (5): 171. arXiv:1503.03134. Bibcode:2015AJ....149..171T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/149/5/171. ISSN 1538-3881.
- ^ Arzoumanian, Zaven; Baker, Paul T.; Brazier, Adam; Brook, Paul R.; Burke-Spolaor, Sarah; Becsy, Bence; Charisi, Maria; Chatterjee, Shami; Cordes, James M.; Cornish, Neil J.; Crawford, Fronefield; Cromartie, H. Thankful; Decesar, Megan E.; Demorest, Paul B.; Dolch, Timothy (2021-06-01). "The NANOGrav 11 yr Data Set: Limits on Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Galaxies within 500 Mpc". The Astrophysical Journal. 914 (2): 121. arXiv:2101.02716. Bibcode:2021ApJ...914..121A. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abfcd3. ISSN 0004-637X.
- ^ Nakano, Syuichi; Itagaki, Koichi; Martignoni, M.; Yusa, T.; Noguchi, T.; Luppi, F.; Buzzi, L.; Hsiao, E. Y.; Phillips, M. M.; Morrell, N.; Marion, G. H.; Contreras, C.; Gall, C.; Stritzinger, M. D.; Kirshner, R. P. (2013). "Supernova 2013hl in NGC 3910 = PSN J11500016+2120166". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (3759): 1. Bibcode:2013CBET.3759....1N.
- ^ "SN 2013hl". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ Bishop, David. "Bright Supernovae - 2015 - PSN J11495885+2119018". Rochester Astronomy. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ Shivvers, I.; Filippenko, A. V. (2015). "Spectroscopic Classifications of 7 Optical Transients". The Astronomer's Telegram. 7087: 1. Bibcode:2015ATel.7087....1S.
External links
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Media related to NGC 3910 at Wikimedia Commons