NGC 3873

NGC 3873 is an elliptical galaxy located about 300 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Leo.[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 8, 1864.[4][5] NGC 3873 is a member of the Leo Cluster.[6]

NGC 3873
SDSS image of NGC 3873 (center), and NGC 3875 (lower left).
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Leo
Right ascension	11^h 45^m 46.1^s[1]
Declination	19° 46′ 26″[1]
Redshift	0.018126[1]
Helio radial velocity	5434 km/s[1]
Distance	302 Mly (92.7 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	Leo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.85[1]
Characteristics
Type	E[1]
Size	~130,000 ly (40 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.5 x 1.3[1]
Other designations
CGCG 97-137, KCPG 300A, MCG 3-30-106, PGC 36670, UGC 6735[1]

SN 2007ci

On May 15, 2007 a type Ia supernova designated as SN 2007ci was discovered in NGC 3873.[7][8][9]

See also

• List of NGC objects (3001–4000)
• NGC 3842

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3873. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
3. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3873". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
4. Steinicke, Wolfgang (2010-08-19). Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49010-8.
5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3850 - 3899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
6. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
7. [email protected]. "Bright Supernovae - 2007". www.rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
8. "SN 2007ci | Transient Name Server". wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
9. "2007ci - The Open Supernova Catalog". sne.space. Retrieved 2018-07-31.

External links

• Media related to NGC 3873 at Wikimedia Commons

• NGC 3873 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images