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NGC 3751

NGC 3751
NGC 3751 is located at the bottommost left of the image below NGC 3750, NGC 3753 and NGC 3754 which was taken by Mount Lemmon Observatory
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension11h 37m 53.859s
Declination+21d 56m 11.34s
Redshift0.031328
Heliocentric radial velocity9,392 km/s
Distance450 Mly (138 Mpc)
Group or clusterCopeland Septet
Apparent magnitude (V)14.3
Characteristics
TypeE4, E-S0
Size144,000 ly
Other designations
PGC 36017, UGC 6601, MCG +04-28-009, 2MASX J11375386+2156110, SDSS J113753.85+215611.3, Copeland Septet NED05, HCG 057F, NSA 112845, SSTSL2 J113753.87+215611.2, LEDA 36017

NGC 3751 is a type E-S0[1] lenticular galaxy located in the Leo constellation.[2] It is located 450 million light-years away from the Solar System[3] and was discovered by Ralph Copeland on April 5, 1874.[4]

To date, a non-redshift measurement gives a distance of approximately 138,000 Mpc (450 million light-years) for NGC 3751. This value is within the Hubble Distance values.[5]

Copeland Septet

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Sloan Digital Sky Survey of NGC 3751

NGC 3751 is a member of the Copeland Septet.[6] The other members are NGC 3745, NGC 3746, NGC 3748, NGC 3750, NGC 3753 and NGC 3754.[7]

Halton Arp noticed the 7 galaxies in which he published inside his article in 1966.[8] This group is known as Arp 320 in which another galaxy, PGC 36010 is part of it.[9]

This group was also observed by Paul Hickson, in which he included them inside his article which was published in 1982.[10] It is noted that this group is designated as Hickson 57. NGC 3751 is known as HCG 57F.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "HyperLeda -object description". atlas.obs-hp.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  2. ^ Astronomy, Go. "NGC 3751 | galaxy in Leo | NGC List | GO ASTRONOMY". Go-Astronomy.com. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  3. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  4. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3750 - 3799". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  5. ^ "NED Distance Results for NGC 3751". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  6. ^ Bakich, Michael E. (2024-01-01). "Copeland's Septet". Astronomy Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  7. ^ "Copeland's Septet (Hickson Compact Group 57) – Constellation Guide". www.constellation-guide.com. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  8. ^ "NED Search Results for ARP 320". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  9. ^ "Copeland's Septet (Arp 320) - Astronomy Magazine - Interactive Star Charts, Planets, Meteors, Comets, Telescopes". cs.astronomy.com. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  10. ^ Hickson, P. (1982-04-01). "Systematic properties of compact groups of galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal. 255: 382–391. Bibcode:1982ApJ...255..382H. doi:10.1086/159838. ISSN 0004-637X.
  11. ^ "Data from Revised NGC and IC catalogue by Wolfgang Steinicke - NGC 3700 to 3799". astrovalleyfield.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-03.