NGC 3310

NGC 3310
NGC 3310, as taken by Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Ursa Major
Right ascension	10h 38m 45.857s[1]
Declination	+53° 30′ 11.89″[1]
Redshift	0.003309[2]
Distance	34.8 Mly (10.66 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.2[3]
Characteristics
Type	SAB(r)bc pec[3] or SAcd[2]
Apparent size (V)	3.1′ × 2.4′[3]
Other designations
UGC 5786, PGC 31650, Arp 217, VV 356, VV 406[3]

NGC 3310 is a grand design spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It is a starburst galaxy and it is likely that NGC 3310 collided with one of its satellite galaxies about 100 million years ago, triggering widespread star formation. It is thought to be located approximately 46 million light-years away from the Earth, and is thought to be about 22,000 light-years wide.

The ring clusters of NGC 3310 have been undergoing starburst activity for at least the last 40 million years.^[4]

Three supernovae have been discovered in NGC 3310. SN 1974C (mag. 16.5), was discovered on 26 February, 1974.^[5] SN 1991N (type Ib/c, mag. 15) was spotted March 29, 1991 at an offset of 5″ east and 7″ south of the galactic nucleus.^[6] SN 2021gmj (type IIP, mag.15.1) was discovered on 20 March, 2021.^[7]

References

External links

• Media related to NGC 3310 at Wikimedia Commons
• NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Spiral Galaxy NGC 3310 Across the Visible (11 September 2001)
• Hubble's Ultraviolet Views of Nearby Galaxies Yield Clues to Early Universe
• The Scale of the Universe (Astronomy Picture of the Day 2012 March 12)