NGC 3610

NGC 3610 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major.[4] It was discovered on 8 April 1793 by William Herschel.[5]

NGC 3610
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3610, showing its disk
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension11h 18m 25.276s[1]
Declination+58° 47 10.49[1]
Redshift0.005694[2]
Helio radial velocity1707[2]
Distance82.56 ± 29.32 Mly (25.313 ± 8.991 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)11.4[3]
Characteristics
TypeE5:[2]
Size76,800 ly (23,560 pc)[2]
Apparent size (V)3.2 × 3.2[2]
Other designations
UGC 6319, MGC+10-16-107, PGC 34566

NGC 3610 was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2015. The image shows a prominent disk, a characteristic of spiral galaxies but not elliptical galaxies. Elliptical galaxies are thought to form from collisions with spiral galaxies; NGC 3610 is a relatively young elliptical galaxy which has still not lost its disk yet.[4]

References

  1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. "Results for NGC 252". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. "NGC 3610". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  4. "A young elliptical". Hubble Space Telescope. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  5. "NGC 3610 (= PGC 34566)". cseligman. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  • Media related to NGC 3610 at Wikimedia Commons


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