NGC 3300

NGC 3300
SDSS image of NGC 3300
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension10h 36m 38.43673s
Declination+14° 10′ 15.9950″
Redshift0.01007
Heliocentric radial velocity3004 km/s
Distance161.6 ± 11.4 Mly (49.55 ± 3.49 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)13.32
Surface brightness22.99
Magnitude (J)10.29
Magnitude (H)9.61
Magnitude (K)9.39
Characteristics
TypeSAB(r)00:?
Other designations
UGC 5766, MCG +02-27-030, PGC 31472

NGC 3300 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on 19 March 1784.

NGC 3300 is a LINER-type galaxy. NGC 3300 is part of a galaxy group known as NGC 3306 Group or LGG 207. It has at least 7 confirmed members, which are NGC 3306, NGC 3300, UGC 5695, UGC 5739, UGC 5760, UGC 5758 and UGC 5781.

References

  1. 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e).
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 3300". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  3. 1 2 "Results for object NGC 3300 (NGC 3300)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  4. ↑ "Search specification: NGC 3300". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
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  6. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3300 - 3349". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  7. ↑ Garcia, A. M. (1993). "General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series. 100: 47–90. Bibcode:1993A&AS..100...47G.