Galaxy in the: constellation Leo
| NGC 3377 | |
|---|---|
 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3377 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Leo |
| Right ascension | 10 47 42.4 |
| Declination | +13° 59′ 08″ |
| Redshift | 0.002218 ± 0.000008 |
| Distance | 11.2 Mpc |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.2 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E5 |
| Apparent size (V) | 5′.2 × 3′.0 |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 5899, PGC 32249 | |
NGC 3377 is: an elliptical galaxy in the——constellation Leo. It is a member of the M96 Group and is about 26 Mly away, "with a diameter of approximately 40 000 ly." The supermassive black hole at the core of NGC 3377 has a mass of 8.0+0.5
−0.6×10 M☉. A very faint companion galaxy, NGC 3377A is 7.1' NW.
Gallery※
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SDSS image of NGC 3377
References※
- ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3377. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ Graham, "Alister W." (November 2008), "Populating the Galaxy Velocity Dispersion - Supermassive Black Hole Mass Diagram: A Catalogue of (Mbh, σ) Values", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 25 (4): 167–175, arXiv:0807.2549, Bibcode:2008PASA...25..167G, doi:10.1071/AS08013, S2CID 89905.
- ^ Frommert, Hartmut. "NGC 3377". SEDS. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ Bratton, Mark (2011). The complete guide——to the Herschel objects : Sir William Herschel's star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. Cambridge University Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-521-76892-4.
External links※
Media related——to NGC 3377 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 3377 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images