NGC 3610

NGC 3610
NGC 3610
	Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3610, showing its disk
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Ursa Major
Right ascension	11h 18m 25.276s
Declination	+58° 47′ 10.49″
Redshift	0.005694
Helio radial velocity	1707
Distance	82.56 ± 29.32 Mly (25.313 ± 8.991 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)	11.4
Characteristics
Type	E5:
Size	76,800 ly (23,560 pc)
Apparent size (V)	3.2′ × 3.2′
Other designations
	UGC 6319, MGC+10-16-107, PGC 34566

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 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]

Gallery[]

NGC 3610 by Hubble Space Telescope
NGC 3610 (SDSS DR14)

References[]

^ ^a ^b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131: 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Results for NGC 252". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
^ "NGC 3610". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b "A young elliptical". Hubble Space Telescope. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
^ "NGC 3610 (= PGC 34566)". cseligman. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

External links[]

Media related to NGC 3610 at Wikimedia Commons

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[2MASS-1] Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131: 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256.

[ned-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "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.

[Hubble-4] "A young elliptical". Hubble Space Telescope. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

[5] "NGC 3610 (= PGC 34566)". cseligman. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

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