NGC 3310
| NGC 3310 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 3310, as taken by Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 10h 38m 45.857s[1] |
| Declination | +53° 30′ 11.89″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.003309[2] |
| Distance | 34.8 Mly (10.66 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.2[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(r)bc pec[3] or SAcd[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 3.1′ × 2.4′[3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 5786, PGC 31650, Arp 217, VV 356, VV 406[3] | |
NGC 3310 is a grand design spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It is a starburst galaxy and it is likely that NGC 3310 collided with one of its satellite galaxies about 100 million years ago, triggering widespread star formation. It is thought to be located approximately 46 million light-years away from the Earth, and is thought to be about 22,000 light-years wide.
The ring clusters of NGC 3310 have been undergoing starburst activity for at least the last 40 million years.[4]
Three supernovae have been discovered in NGC 3310. SN 1974C (mag. 16.5), was discovered on 26 February, 1974.[5] SN 1991N (type Ib/c, mag. 15) was spotted March 29, 1991 at an offset of 5″ east and 7″ south of the galactic nucleus.[6] SN 2021gmj (type IIP, mag.15.1) was discovered on 20 March, 2021.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Ann, H. B.; et al. (2015), "A Catalog of Visually Classified Galaxies in the Local (z ~ 0.01) Universe", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 217 (2): 27–49, arXiv:1502.03545, Bibcode:2015ApJS..217...27A, doi:10.1088/0067-0049/217/2/27, S2CID 119253507.
- ^ a b c d "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3310. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
- ^ de Grijs, R.; Anders, P.; Bastian, N.; Lynds, R.; et al. (2003). "Star cluster formation and evolution in nearby starburst galaxies - II. Initial conditions". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 343 (4): 1285–1300. arXiv:astro-ph/0305184. Bibcode:2003MNRAS.343.1285D. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06777.x. S2CID 16174497.
- ^ Transient Name Server entry for SN 1974C. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Perlmutter, S.; et al. (March 1991). Green, D. W. E. (ed.). "Supernova 1991N in NGC 3310". IAU Circular. 5227 (1): 1. Bibcode:1991IAUC.5227....1P.
- ^ "SN 2021gmj". Transient Name Server. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
External links
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Media related to NGC 3310 at Wikimedia Commons- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Spiral Galaxy NGC 3310 Across the Visible (11 September 2001)
- Hubble's Ultraviolet Views of Nearby Galaxies Yield Clues to Early Universe
- The Scale of the Universe (Astronomy Picture of the Day 2012 March 12)
