NGC 3294

NGC 3294
NGC 3294 by the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo Minor
Right ascension10h 36m 16.255s[1]
Declination+37° 19′ 29.02″[1]
Redshift0.00523±0.00001[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity1,586 km/s[3]
Distance98.0 Mly (30.1 Mpc)[4]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.2[5]
Apparent magnitude (B)11.5[6]
Characteristics
TypeSA(rs)bc[7]
Apparent size (V)2.223′ × 0.978′[8]
Other designations
NGC 3294, LEDA 31428, MCG +06-23-021[6]

NGC 3294 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor.[5] It was discovered by William Herschel on Mar 17, 1787.[9] It is a member of the Leo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster.[10] The galaxy is located at a distance of 98[4] million light years and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 1,586 km/s.[3] The morphological class of NGC 3294 is SA(rs)bc,[7] which means this is a spiral galaxy with no central bar (SA), an incomplete inner ring structure (rs), and moderately wound spiral arms (bc).

This galaxy has been host to a pair of supernova events. SN 1990H was discovered April 9, 1990 at a position 12″ west and 1″ south of the galactic nucleus.[11] The spectrum and light curve resembled a type II core-collapse supernova similar to SN 1987A.[12] A scan two years later on February 14, 1992, SN 1992G was imaged 27″ east and 10.5″ south of the nucleus.[13] This was determined to be a type Ia supernova.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ Adelman-McCarthy, J. K.; et al. (2011). The SDSS Photometric Catalog, Release 8. Bibcode:2011yCat.2306....0A. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b van Driel, W.; et al. (November 2016). "NIBLES: an H I census of stellar mass selected SDSS galaxies. I. The Nançay H I survey". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 595: 43. arXiv:1607.02787. Bibcode:2016A&A...595A.118V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201528048. S2CID 118623916. A118.
  4. ^ a b Lianou, S.; et al. (November 2019). "Dust properties and star formation of approximately a thousand local galaxies". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 631: 19. arXiv:1906.02712. Bibcode:2019A&A...631A..38L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834553. S2CID 174801441. A38.
  5. ^ a b O'Meara, Steve (2007). Herschel 400 Observing Guide. Cambridge University Press. p. 117. ISBN 9780521858939.
  6. ^ a b "NGC 3294". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  7. ^ a b Herrera-Endoqui, M.; et al. (October 2015). "Catalogue of the morphological features in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G)". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 582: 16. arXiv:1509.05328. Bibcode:2015A&A...582A..86H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201526047. S2CID 118521887. A86.
  8. ^ Skrutskie, Michael F.; et al. (February 1, 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  9. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3250 - 3299". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  10. ^ "The Leo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  11. ^ Perlmutter, S.; et al. (April 1990). Green, D. W. E. (ed.). "Supernova 1990H in NGC 3294". IAU Circular. 4992 (1): 1. Bibcode:1990IAUC.4992....1P.
  12. ^ Filippenko, A. V.; Dickinson, M. (April 1990). Green, D. W. E. (ed.). "Supernova 1990H in NGC 3294". IAU Circular. 5003 (2): 2. Bibcode:1990IAUC.5003....2F.
  13. ^ Kosai, H.; et al. (February 1992). Green, D. W. E. (ed.). "Supernova 1992G in NGC 3294". IAU Circular. 5452 (1): 1. Bibcode:1992IAUC.5452....1K.
  14. ^ Tsvetkov, D. Yu. (May 1994). "Observations of supernovae 1992G, 1992H, and 1993G". Astronomy Letters. 20 (3): 374–376. Bibcode:1994AstL...20..374T.