NGC 3937

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NGC 3937
NGC3937 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 3937.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Leo
Right ascension 11h 52m 42.6s [1]
Declination 20° 37′ 53″ [1]
Redshift 0.022242 [1]
Helio radial velocity 6668 km/s [1]
Distance 311  Mly (95.3  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster NGC 3937 Group
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.43 [1]
Characteristics
Type E, [2] S0^- [1]
Size~200,000  ly (60  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.8 x 1.6 [1]
Other designations
UGC 06851, PGC 037219, MCG +04-28-081 [1]

NGC 3937 is an elliptical [3] [4] or a lenticular galaxy [5] [3] [4] located about 310 million light-years away [5] in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785 [6] and is classified as a radio galaxy. [3] [7]

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NGC 3937 Group

NGC 3937 is the brightest [8] member of the NGC 3937 Group, which is part of the Coma Supercluster. [9] [10] [11] [12] The group has a velocity dispersion of 306 km/s. Other members of the group are NGC 3910, NGC 3929, NGC 3940, NGC 3943, NGC 3947, NGC 3954, with NGC 3919 having an uncertain membership. [9]

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NGC 4060 Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

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NGC 4055 Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

NGC 4055 is an elliptical galaxy located 310 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785. It was rediscovered by John Herschel on April 29, 1832. It is listed both as NGC 4061 and NGC 4055. NGC 4055 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group and forms an interacting pair with its companion, NGC 4065 as evidenced by distortions in their optical isophotes.

NGC 4065 Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

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NGC 4066 Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

NGC 4066 is an elliptical galaxy located 340 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785. NGC 4066 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.

NGC 4070 Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

NGC 4070 is an elliptical galaxy located 340 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4070 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785. It was rediscovered by John Herschel on April 29, 1832 and was listed as NGC 4059. The galaxy is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.

NGC 4076 Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

NGC 4076 is a spiral galaxy located 290 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785 and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.

NGC 4089

NGC 4089 is an elliptical galaxy located 340 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4089 was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 4, 1864 and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.

NGC 4091 Spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

NGC 4091 is a spiral galaxy located 360 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 2, 1864. NGC 4091 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group and is a LINER galaxy.

NGC 4092 Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

NGC 4092 is a spiral galaxy located 310 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 2, 1864. NGC 4092 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group and hosts an AGN.

NGC 4093 Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

NGC 4093 is an elliptical galaxy located 340 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 4, 1864. NGC 4093 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group and is a radio galaxy with a two sided jet.

NGC 4095 Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

NGC 4095 is an elliptical galaxy located 330 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 26, 1785. NGC 4095 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group and is a LINER.

NGC 4098 Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

NGC 4098 is an interacting pair of spiral galaxies located 330 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4098 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 26, 1785. It was then rediscovered by Hershel on December 27, 1786 was listed as NGC 4099. NGC 4098 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.

NGC 4065 Group

The NGC 4065 Group is a group of galaxies located about 330 Mly (100 Mpc) in the constellation Coma Berenices. The group's brightest member is NGC 4065 and located in the Coma Supercluster.

NGC 4084 Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices

NGC 4084 is an elliptical galaxy located 315 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4084 was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on April 26, 1865. NGC 4084 is an isolated member of the Coma Supercluster and is classified as a LINER galaxy.

NGC 3925 Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Leo

NGC 3925 is a barred lenticular galaxy and a ring galaxy located about 370 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on February 19, 1863.

References

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  2. ↑ "HyperLeda". Search by object designation. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  3. 1 2 3 "NGC 3937". sim-basic. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
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  5. 1 2 "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  6. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3900 - 3949". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  7. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  8. ↑ Ma, Chung-Pei; Greene, Jenny E.; McConnell, Nicholas; Janish, Ryan; Blakeslee, John P.; Thomas, Jens; Murphy, Jeremy D. (2014-10-28). "The MASSIVE Survey - I. A Volume-Limited Integral-Field Spectroscopic Study of the Most Massive Early-Type Galaxies within 108 Mpc". The Astrophysical Journal. 795 (2): 158. arXiv: 1407.1054 . Bibcode:2014ApJ...795..158M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/795/2/158. S2CID   119204463.
  9. 1 2 Gregory, S. A.; Thompson, L. A. (June 1978). "The Coma/A1367 supercluster and its environs". Astrophysical Journal. 222: 784–799. Bibcode:1978ApJ...222..784G. doi:10.1086/156198.
  10. ↑ Tifft, W. G.; Gregory, S. A. (July 1979). "Band theory applied to the Coma/A 1367 supercluster". Astrophysical Journal. 231: 23–27. Bibcode:1979ApJ...231...23T. doi:10.1086/157158.
  11. ↑ Chincarini, G. L.; Giovanelli, R.; Haynes, M. P. (May 1983). "The geometry of two superclusters coma-A1367 and Perseus-Pisces". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 121: 5–9. Bibcode:1983A&A...121....5C.
  12. ↑ Gavazzi, G.; Carrasco, L.; Galli, R. (April 1999). "The 3-D structure of the Coma-A 1367 supercluster: Optical spectroscopy of 102 galaxies". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 136 (2): 227–235. Bibcode:1999A&AS..136..227G. doi: 10.1051/aas:1999209 .


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