NGC 3750

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Galaxy
NGC 3750
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Image of the galaxies NGC 3745, NGC 3746, NGC 3748, NGC 3750, NGC 3751, NGC 3753 and NGC 3754 with the 81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory.  This group is also known as the Copelands Septet.  NGC 3750 is at the bottom of the triple shown slightly to the left.
Image of the galaxies NGC 3745 , NGC 3746 , NGC 3748 , NGC 3750, NGC 3751 , NGC 3753 and NGC 3754 with the 81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory . This group is also known as the Copelands Septet. NGC 3750 is at the bottom of the triple shown slightly to the left.
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 37 m 51.6 s
declination + 21 ° 58 ′ 27 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB0-?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 132 °
Surface brightness 12.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Copeland's septet  
Redshift 0.030764 ± 0.000120  
Radial velocity 9081 ± 36 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(404 ± 28)  x  10 6  ly
(123.8 ± 8.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Ralph Copeland
Discovery date April 5, 1874
Catalog names
NGC  3750 • PGC  36011 • CGCG  127-009 • MCG  + 04-28-008 • 2MASX  J11375166 + 2158265 • Arp  part of 320 • HCG  57C • VV  282c • NPM1G +220340

NGC 3750 is an E-S0 elliptical galaxy in the constellation Leo . The galaxy was discovered on February 9, 1874 by the British astronomer Ralph Copeland .

The galaxy NCG 3750 forms together with NGC 3745 , NGC 3746 , NGC 3748 , NGC 3751 , NGC 3753 and NGC 3754 , the galaxy group Arp 320 or after the discoverer Copeland's Septet and supplemented by the galaxy PGC 36010 the Hickson Compact Group (HCG) 57 The galaxies NGC 3750, NGC 3753 and NGC 3754 are designated as a group with VV 282. Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This group of galaxies belongs to the class of galaxies .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3750  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

literature

  • Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3750
  3. Seligman