NGC 3745 explained

NGC 3745
Constellation Name:Leo
Ra:11h 37m 44.434s
Dec:+22d 01m 16.64s
Z:0.031577
H Radial V:9,467 km/s
Dist Ly:471 Mly (144.4 Mpc)
Group Cluster:Copeland Septet
Appmag V:15.2
Type:SB(s)0, E-S0
Size:74,500 ly
Names:PGC 36001, MCG +04-28-004, Copeland Septet NED01, 2MASX J11374443+2201170, SDSS J113744.43+220116.5, HCG 057G, NSA 112840, SSTSL2 J113744.44+220116.6, LEDA 36001
Epoch:J2000

NGC 3745 is a lenticular galaxy with a bar structure[1] located in the constellation of Leo.[2] [3] NGC 3745 is located 471 million light-years away from the Solar System[4] and was discovered by Ralph Copeland on April 5, 1874, but also observed by Hermann Kobold, Lawrence Parsons and John Louis Emil Dreyer.[5]

Copeland Septet

NGC 3745 is a member of the Copeland Septet.[6] The other members of the group are NGC 3746, NGC 3748, NGC 3750, NGC 3751, NGC 3753 and NGC 3754.[7] Halton Arp noticed the group when he published the article in 1966.[8] The group is designated 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 in 1982.[10] This group is known as Hickson 57, in which NGC 3745 is designated as HCG 57G.[11]

References

  1. Web site: HyperLeda -object description . 2024-05-03 . atlas.obs-hp.fr.
  2. Web site: Revised NGC Data for NGC 3745 . 2024-05-03 . spider.seds.org.
  3. Web site: Astronomy . Go . NGC 3745 galaxy in Leo NGC List GO ASTRONOMY . 2024-05-03 . Go-Astronomy.com . en-US.
  4. Web site: Your NED Search Results . 2024-05-03 . ned.ipac.caltech.edu.
  5. Web site: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3700 - 3749 . 2024-05-03 . cseligman.com.
  6. Web site: Bakich . Michael E. . 2024-01-01 . Copeland's Septet . 2024-05-03 . Astronomy Magazine . en-US.
  7. Web site: Copeland's Septet (Hickson Compact Group 57) – Constellation Guide . 2024-05-03 . www.constellation-guide.com.
  8. Web site: NED Search Results for ARP 320 . 2024-05-03 . ned.ipac.caltech.edu.
  9. Web site: Copeland's Septet (Arp 320) - Astronomy Magazine - Interactive Star Charts, Planets, Meteors, Comets, Telescopes . 2024-05-03 . cs.astronomy.com.
  10. Hickson . P. . 1982-04-01 . Systematic properties of compact groups of galaxies. . The Astrophysical Journal . 255 . 382–391 . 10.1086/159838 . 1982ApJ...255..382H . 0004-637X.
  11. Web site: Data from Revised NGC and IC catalogue by Wolfgang Steinickle - NGC 3700 to 3799 . 2024-05-03 . astrovalleyfield.ca.