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NGC 3377

Coordinates: Sky map 10h 47m 42.4s, +13° 59′ 08″
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NGC 3377
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3377
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension10h 47m 42.4s
Declination+13° 59′ 08″
Redshift0.002218 ± 0.000008 [1]
Distance11.2[2] Mpc
Apparent magnitude (V)10.2[3]
Characteristics
TypeE5[1]
Apparent size (V)5′.2 × 3′.0[4]
Other designations
UGC 5899, PGC 32249[1]

NGC 3377 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Leo. It is a member of the M96 Group and is about 26 Mly away, with a diameter of approximately 40 000 ly.[4] The supermassive black hole at the core of NGC 3377 has a mass of 8.0+0.5
−0.6
×107 M
.[2] A very faint companion galaxy, NGC 3377A is 7.1' NW.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3377. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  2. ^ a b Graham, Alister W. (November 2008), "Populating the Galaxy Velocity Dispersion - Supermassive Black Hole Mass Diagram: A Catalogue of (Mbh, σ) Values", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 25 (4): 167–175, arXiv:0807.2549, Bibcode:2008PASA...25..167G, doi:10.1071/AS08013.
  3. ^ Frommert, Hartmut. "NGC 3377". SEDS. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Bratton, Mark (2011). The complete guide to the Herschel objects : Sir William Herschel's star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. Cambridge University Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-521-76892-4.