NGC 3370

NGC 3370

Spiral galaxy NGC 3370. Credit: NASA/ESA
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Leo
Right ascension 10h 47m 04.0s[1]
Declination +17° 16′ 25″[1]
Redshift 1279 ± 4 km/s[1]
Distance 98 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V) 12.3[1]
Characteristics
Type SA(s)c[1] III
Apparent size (V) 3′.2 × 1′.8[1]
Notable features Dusty
Other designations
UGC 5887,[1] PGC 32207, Silverado Galaxy

NGC 3370 (also known as UGC 5887 or Silverado Galaxy[2]) is a spiral galaxy about 98 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It is comparable to our own Milky Way both in diameter (100,000 light years) and mass (1011 solar masses). NGC 3370 exhibits an intricate spiral arm structure surrounding a poorly defined nucleus.

History

NGC 3370 was likely discovered by William Herschel, who provided it with the designation II 81.[3] His son John later designated it 750. William Herschel cataloged I 80 to NGC 3348[3] before and II 82 to NGC 3455 after NGC 3370.[3]

The object has a surface brightness of 13 and a position angle (PA) of 140°.

On November 14, 1994, S. Van Dyk and the Leuschner Observatory Supernova Search discovered a supernova in NGC 3370 at 10h 44m 21.52s +17° 32′ 20.7′′, designated SN 1994ae.[4] SN 1994ae was a type Ia supernova, and one of the nearest and best observed since the advent of modern digital detectors.[5] The maximal light of the supernova was estimated to have occurred between November 30 and December 1, peaking at visual magnitude 13.[4]

The image on the left (taken from a telescope on the ground) shows SN 1994ae in NGC 3370, and the one on the right shows a Hubble Space Telescope image from 2003

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3370. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
  2. ↑ Sparrow, Giles (2006). Cosmos. Booksales. ISBN 1-905204-29-9.
  3. 1 2 3 William Herschel's Deepsky Objects (The Herschel 2500 list)
  4. 1 2 A Look at NGC 3370 in Detail
  5. ↑ "Celestial Composition". Hubble Space Telescope. ESA/Hubble. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
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