NGC 3377 (other designations - UGC 5899 , MCG 2-28-9 , ZWG 66.16 , PGC 32249 ) is an elliptical galaxy ( E5 ) in the constellation Leo .
| NGC 3377 | |
|---|---|
| Galaxy | |
 | |
| Research history | |
| Discoverer | William Herschel |
| opening date | April 8, 1784 |
| Designations | NGC 3377 , UGC 5899 , MCG 2-28-9 , ZWG 66.16 , PGC 32249 |
| Observational data ( Age J2000.0 ) | |
| Constellation | a lion |
| Right ascension | |
| Declination | |
| Visible dimensions | 5.0 '× 3.0' |
| Apparent magnitude m V | 10,2 |
| Photographic magnitude m B | 11.2 |
| Specifications | |
| Type of | E5 |
| Redshift | +0.002322 ± 0.000070 |
| Angular position | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13,2 |
This object is one of those listed in the original edition of the New General Catalog .
See also
- List of Messier objects
- New shared directory
Literature
- John Kormendy, Ralf Bender, Aaron S. Evans, and Douglas Richstone. "The Mass Distribution in the Elliptical Galaxy NGC 3377: Evidence for a 2 × 108 M☉ Black Hole" (Eng.) // The Astronomical Journal. - 1998. - DOI : 10.1086 / 300313 . - arXiv : astro-ph / 9803087 .
- R. Soria, G. Fabbiano, Alister W. Graham, A. Baldi, M. Elvis, H. Jerjen, S. Pellegrini, and A. Siemiginowska. Accretion and Nuclear Activity of Quiescent Supermassive Black Holes. I. X-Ray Study (Eng.) // The Astrophysical Journal . - 2006. - DOI : 10.1086 / 499934 . - arXiv : astro-ph / 0511293 .
- R. Soria, Alister W. Graham, G. Fabbiano, A. Baldi, M. Elvis, H. Jerjen, S. Pellegrini, and A. Siemiginowska. Accretion and Nuclear Activity of Quiescent Supermassive Black Holes. II. Optical Study and Interpretation // The Astrophysical Journal . - 2006. - DOI : 10.1086 / 499935 . - arXiv : astro-ph / 0511341 .
- William E. Harris, Gretchen LH Harris, Andrew C. Layden, and Peter B. Stetson. Hubble Space Telescope Photometry for the Halo Stars in the Leo Elliptical NGC 3377 // The Astronomical Journal. - 2007. - DOI : 10.1086 / 518233 . - arXiv : 0706.1997 .
- Suk-Jin Yoon, Sang-Yoon Lee, John P. Blakeslee, Eric W. Peng, Sangmo T. Sohn, Jaeil Cho, Hak-Sub Kim, Chul Chung, Sooyoung Kim, and Young-Wook Lee. Nonlinear Color-Metallicity Relations of Globular Clusters. III. On the Discrepancy in Metallicity between Globular Cluster Systems and Their Parent Elliptical Galaxies (Eng.) // The Astrophysical Journal . - 2011. - DOI : 10.1088 / 0004-637X / 743/2/150 . - arXiv : 1109.5178 .
Links
- Information in English and French from the original “ New General Catalog ”
- Information (Eng.) From the Revised New General Catalog
- SIMBAD
- VizieR (English)
- NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
- NGC 3377 Publication List