NGC 3845

NGC 3845 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 270 million light-years away^[2] in the constellation Leo.^[3] NGC 3845 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on March 17, 1831.^[4] It is a member of the Leo Cluster^[5][6][4] and is likely to be a low-luminosity AGN (LLAGN).^[7]

NGC 3845
SDSS image of NGC 3845
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Leo
Right ascension	11h 44m 05.4s[1]
Declination	19° 59′ 46″[1]
Redshift	0.018986[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5692 km/s[1]
Distance	268 Mly (82.1 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	Leo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	15.01[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB0[1]
Size	~78,900 ly (24.20 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.8 x 0.3[1]
Other designations
CGCG 97-100, MCG 3-30-74, PGC 36470[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (3001–4000)
• NGC 4340

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3845. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
3. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3845". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3800 - 3849". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
5. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
6. "NGC 3845". Retrieved 2018-07-16.
7. Sun, M.; Vikhlinin, A.; Forman, W.; Jones, C.; Murray, S. S. (2005). "The Survival and Destruction of X-Ray Coronae of Early-Type Galaxies in Rich Cluster Environments: A Case Study of A1367". The Astrophysical Journal. 619 (1): 169–177. arXiv:astro-ph/0408425. Bibcode:2005ApJ...619..169S. doi:10.1086/425298. ISSN 0004-637X. S2CID 16811452.

External links

• Media related to NGC 3845 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 3845 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images