NGC 3884 explained

NGC 3884 is a spiral galaxy located about 330 million light-years away^[2] in the constellation Leo.^[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785^[4] and is a member of the Leo Cluster.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Although it is classified as a LINER galaxy,^{[8] [9]} NGC 3884 is also classified as a type 1 Seyfert galaxy.^{[2] [10]}

On February 23, 2018, a type Ic supernova designated as SN 2018yn was discovered in NGC 3884.^{[11] [12]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Results for NGC 3884. 2018-08-08.
2. Web site: Your NED Search Results. ned.ipac.caltech.edu. 2018-08-09.
3. Web site: Revised NGC Data for NGC 3884. spider.seds.org. 2018-08-09.
4. Web site: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3850 - 3899. cseligman.com. en-US. 2018-07-17.
5. J.. Donas. V.. Buat. B.. Milliard. M.. Laget. August 1990. Ultraviolet observations of galaxies in nearby clusters. I - Star formation rate in spiral galaxies of Abell 1367. Astronomy and Astrophysics. en. 235. 60. 0004-6361. 1990A&A...235...60D.
6. News: NGC 3884. 2018-08-09.
7. Web site: Hierarchy catalogue. leda.univ-lyon1.fr. 2018-08-09.
8. News: NGC 3884. 2018-08-09.
9. Web site: Detailed Object Classifications. ned.ipac.caltech.edu. 2018-08-09.
10. Reddy. Naveen A.. Yun. Min S.. 2004. Radio and Far-Infrared Emission as Tracers of Star Formation and Active Galactic Nuclei in Nearby Cluster Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. en. 600. 2. 695–715. 10.1086/379871. 0004-637X. astro-ph/0309649. 2004ApJ...600..695R. 15068448.
11. Web site: Bright Supernovae - 2018.. rochesterastronomy.org. 2018-08-09.
12. Web site: AT2018yn - The Open Supernova Catalog. sne.space. en-US. 2018-08-09. 2018-08-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20180810042401/https://sne.space/sne/AT2018yn/. dead.