NGC 3750 | |
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Observation data | |
Constellation | Leo |
Right ascension | 11h 37m 51.637s |
Declination | +21d 58m 27.26s |
Redshift | 0.030258 |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 9,071 km/s |
Distance | 450 Mly (138 Mpc) |
Group or cluster | Copeland Septet |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.9 |
Surface brightness | 23.7 mag/arcsec |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB0?, E-S0 |
Size | 156,000 ly |
Other designations | |
PGC 36011, CGCG 127-009, VV 282c, MCG +04-28-008, Copeland Septet NED04, HCG 057C, 2MASS J11375165+2158272, SDSS J113751.63+215827.2, NSA 112843, 2XMM J113751.7+215827, LEDA 36011 |
NGC 3750 is a lenticular galaxy with a bar [1] located in the constellation of Leo. [2] [3] It is located 450 million light-years from the Solar System [4] and was discovered by Ralph Copeland on February 9, 1874. [5]
NGC 3750 has a surface brightness of magnitude 23.7 [2] and is classified a LINER galaxy by SIMBAD, meaning it has a nucleus, presenting an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms. [6]
NGC 3750 is a member of the Copeland Septet which is made up of 7 seven galaxies discovered by Copeland. [7] The other members are NGC 3745, NGC 3746, NGC 3748, NGC 3751, NGC 3753 and NGC 3754. [8]
Halton Arp noticed the galaxies in the group, whom he published in his article in 1966. [9] This group is designated as Arp 320 along with another galaxy, PGC 36010. [10]
This group was also observed by Paul Hickson whom he included in his article in 1982. [11] The group is known as Hickson 57, in which NGC 3750 is designated is HCG 57C. [12]