NGC 3521
| NGC 3521 | |
|---|---|
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NGC 3521 HST | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Leo |
| Right ascension | 11h 05m 48.593s[1] |
| Declination | –00° 02′ 09.24″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.002672[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 801[3] km/s |
| Distance | 26.2 Mly (8.03[4] Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.0[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(rs)bc[3] |
| Apparent size (V) | 11′.0 × 5′.1[2] |
| Notable features | HII LINER |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 6150 | |
NGC 3521 is a flocculent [4] intermediate spiral galaxy located around 26[4] million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Leo. It has a morphological classification of SAB(rs)bc,[3] which indicates that it is a spiral galaxy with a trace of a bar structure (SAB), a weak inner ring (rs), and moderate to loosely wound arm structure (bc).[5] The bar structure is difficult to discern, both because it has a low ellipticity and the galaxy is at a high inclination[3] of 72.7° to the line of sight.[4] The relatively bright bulge is nearly 3/4 the size of the bar, which may indicate the former is quite massive.[3] The nucleus of this galaxy is classified as an HII LINER,[3] as there is an H II region at the core and the nucleus forms a low-ionization nuclear emission-line region.
Gallery
NGC 3521 from the Hubble Space Telescope.[6]
References
- 1 2 Skrutskie, M. F.; et al. (February 2006), "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)", The Astronomical Journal, 131 (2): 1163–1183, Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S, doi:10.1086/498708.
- 1 2 3 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3521. Retrieved 2006-10-24.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mao, Rui-Qing; et al. (December 2010), "An Extragalactic 12CO J = 3-2 Survey with the Heinrich Hertz Telescope", The Astrophysical Journal, 724 (2): 1336–1356, Bibcode:2010ApJ...724.1336M, arXiv:1009.4906
, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/724/2/1336. - 1 2 3 4 Liu, Guilin; et al. (July 2011), "The Super-linear Slope of the Spatially Resolved Star Formation Law in NGC 3521 and NGC 5194 (M51a)", The Astrophysical Journal, 735 (1): 63, Bibcode:2011ApJ...735...63L, arXiv:1104.4122 , doi:10.1088/0004-637X/735/1/63.
- ↑ Buta, Ronald J.; et al. (2007), Atlas of Galaxies, Cambridge University Press, pp. 13–17, ISBN 0521820480.
- ↑ "Hubble shears a "woolly" galaxy". Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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Coordinates: 
11h 5.8m 00s, -0002° 00′ 32000000″