NGC 3377 explained

NGC 3377
Epoch:	J2000
Type:	E5^[1]
Constellation Name:	Leo
Z:	0.002218 ± 0.000008
Dist Ly:	11.2 Mpc
Appmag V:	10.2^[2]
Size V:	5′.2 × 3′.0^[3]
Names:	UGC 5899, PGC 32249

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. The supermassive black hole at the core of NGC 3377 has a mass of . A very faint companion galaxy, NGC 3377A is 7.1' NW.

Notes and References

1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Results for NGC 3377. 2013-07-23.
2. Web site: Frommert. Hartmut. NGC 3377. SEDS. 6 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706122129/http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?3377. live. 6 July 2015.
3. Book: Bratton. Mark. The complete guide to the Herschel objects : Sir William Herschel's star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. 2011. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-76892-4. 293.