NGC 3435

NGC 3435 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 235 million light-years from the Milky Way, and is about 125 000 light-years across. It can be found in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered on 9 April 1793 by astronomer William Herschel.[1]

NGC 3435
NGC 3435
NGC 3435
Observation data
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension10h 54m 48.3s
Declination+61° 17′ 24″
Redshift5 181 ± 2 km/s
Apparent magnitude (V)13.2
Characteristics
Typebarred spiral galaxy
Apparent size (V)1.8′ × 1.2′
Other designations
PGC 32786, UGC 6025, MCG 10-16-22, CGCG 291.12, IRAS10517+61322

The galaxy has the surface brightness equal to 14.04 mag/Minute and second of arcam², which classifiers it as low surface brightness galaxy (LSB).[2]

Supernova

On 29 March 1999, in the galaxy was observed the type Ia supernova, designated as SN 1999bh.[3] It was discovered by W. Li, as part of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) program by the Lick Observatory.[4][5]

References
  1. Courtney Seligman: NGC 3435, Celestial Atlas.
  2. Les données de «Revised NGC and IC Catalog by Wolfgang Steinicke» sur le site ProfWeb, NGC 3400 à 3499
  3. "List of Supernovae". cbat.eps.harvard.edu.
  4. IAUC 7135: 1999bg; 1999bh; C/1995 O1
  5. Bright Supernovae - 1999
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