NGC 3937 explained

NGC 3937 is an elliptical^{[3] [4]} or a lenticular galaxy^[5] located about 310 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785^[6] and is classified as a radio galaxy.^[7]

NGC 3937 Group

NGC 3937 is the brightest^[8] member of the NGC 3937 Group, which is part of the Coma Supercluster.^{[9] [10] [11] [12]} The group has a velocity dispersion of 306 km/s. Other members of the group are NGC 3910, NGC 3929, NGC 3940, NGC 3943, NGC 3947, NGC 3954, with NGC 3919 having an uncertain membership.

See also

• List of NGC objects (3001–4000)

Notes and References

1. Web site: HyperLeda . Search by object designation . 2020-05-16.
2. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 3937 . 2020-05-16.
3. Web site: NGC 3937. sim-basic. 2020-05-16.
4. Web site: HyperLeda -object description. leda.univ-lyon1.fr. 2020-05-16.
5. Web site: Your NED Search Results. ned.ipac.caltech.edu. 2020-05-16.
6. Web site: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3900 - 3949. cseligman.com. 2020-05-16.
7. Web site: Your NED Search Results. ned.ipac.caltech.edu. 2020-05-16.
8. Ma. Chung-Pei. Greene. Jenny E.. McConnell. Nicholas. Janish. Ryan. Blakeslee. John P.. Thomas. Jens. Murphy. Jeremy D.. 2014-10-28. The MASSIVE Survey - I. A Volume-Limited Integral-Field Spectroscopic Study of the Most Massive Early-Type Galaxies within 108 Mpc. The Astrophysical Journal. 795. 2. 158. 10.1088/0004-637X/795/2/158. 1407.1054. 2014ApJ...795..158M. 119204463.
9. Gregory. S. A.. Thompson. L. A.. June 1978. The Coma/A1367 supercluster and its environs.. Astrophysical Journal. en. 222. 784–799. 10.1086/156198. 1978ApJ...222..784G.
10. Tifft. W. G.. Gregory. S. A.. July 1979. Band theory applied to the Coma/A 1367 supercluster.. Astrophysical Journal. en. 231. 23–27. 10.1086/157158. 1979ApJ...231...23T.
11. Chincarini. G. L.. Giovanelli. R.. Haynes. M. P.. May 1983. The geometry of two superclusters coma-A1367 and Perseus-Pisces.. Astronomy and Astrophysics. en. 121. 5–9. 1983A&A...121....5C.
12. Gavazzi. G.. Carrasco. L.. Galli. R.. April 1999. The 3-D structure of the Coma-A 1367 supercluster: Optical spectroscopy of 102 galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. en. 136. 2. 227–235. 10.1051/aas:1999209. 1999A&AS..136..227G. free.