NGC 3914 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 6466 ± 25 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 95.38 ± 6.69 Mpc (~311 million light-years).[1] However, six non-redshift measurements give a distance of 81.2 ± 2.8 Mpc (~265 million light-years).[2] The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 13 April 1784.[3]
The SIMBAD database lists NGC 3914 as a radio galaxy.[4]
One supernova has been observed in NGC 3914: SN 2023fnj (type Ia, mag. 18.679) was discovered by ATLAS on 14 April 2023.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Results for object NGC 3914". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Distance Results for NGC 3914". NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE. NASA. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 3914". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "NGC 3914". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "SN 2005cz". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
External links
Media related to NGC 3914 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 3914 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
