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3C 371
Hubble Legacy Archive Near-UV image of the jet coming out of 3C 371
Observation data (Epoch J2000)
Constellation	Draco
Right ascension	18 06 50.681
Declination	+69° 49′ 28.11″
Redshift	0.051
Distance	730 million light-years 224 Mpc
Type	BL Lac FRI RG
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.4 ±1.5
Other designations
UGC 11130, PGC 61417, 2E 4023, 7C 180717.90+694858.00, QSO B1807+698
See also: Quasar, List of quasars

3C 371 is a BL Lac object located in the constellation Draco. With a redshift of 0.051, this active galaxy is about 730 million light-years away.

3C 371 is a well known object, first associated with the BL Lac class by Miller in 1975, and is among the nearest and brightest BL Lacs. Optical jet emission from 3C 371 was first detected in ground-based images by Nilsson et al. in 1997, and confirmed with HST (Scarpa et al.) in 1999. The implied viewing angle may be less than 18 degrees. But no superluminal motion has been detected, despite frequent monitoring by the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA).

There are photos of this object dating back to 1895, and they suggest that this objects magnitude can vary by ±1.5.

References

1. ^ "3C 371". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
2. ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for 3C 371. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
3. ^ "3C 371". XJET: X-Ray Emission from Extragalactic Radio Jets. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
4. ^ Perlin, Eric S.; Padgett; Georganopoulos; Sparks; Biretta; et al. (2006). "Optical Polarimetry of the Jets of Nearby Radio Galaxies. I. The Data". The Astrophysical Journal. 651 (2): 735–748. arXiv:astro-ph/0606119. Bibcode:2006ApJ...651..735P. doi:10.1086/506587. S2CID 53073859.
5. ^ Usher, Peter D.; Manley, Oscar P. (1968). "The Unusual Long-Term Behavior of 3c 371". Astrophysical Journal. 151: L79 – L82. Bibcode:1968ApJ...151L..79U. doi:10.1086/180147.

External links

• Wikisky image of 3C 371
• New X-ray Jet in Nearby BL Lacertae Object 3C371 (Brandeis University Radio Astronomy)

v t e Constellation of Draco
List of stars in Draco Draco in Chinese astronomy
Stars	Bayer α (Thuban) β (Rastaban) γ (Eltanin) δ (Altais) ε (Tyl) ζ (Aldhibah) η (Athebyne) θ ι (Edasich) κ λ (Giausar) μ (Alrakis) ν (Kuma) ξ (Grumium) ο π ρ σ (Alsafi) τ υ φ χ ψ (Dziban) ψ ω Flamsteed 6 7 (Tianyi) 8 (Taiyi) 10 (i) 15 (A) 18 (g) 19 (h) 26 36 39 (b) 42 (Fafnir) 45 (d) 64 (e) 68 Variable TW AG BY CL CM CX DO V581 HR 3751 4126 4934 5811 6237 6618 (Alruba) 6817 7137 7783 HD 101364 156279 158259 176693 191939 Other 2MASS 1237+6526 2MASS J17554042+6551277 G 240-72 GD 356 Gliese 420 Gliese 625 Gliese 687 GRW +70 8247 Kepler-4 Kepler-10 Kepler-12 Kepler-90 Kepler-296 LP 71-82 Qatar-1 Struve 2398 TOI-1136 WISE 1647+5632
Exoplanets Orbitar HD 139357 b HD 167042 b Hypatia Kepler-4b Kepler-10b c Kepler-12b Kepler-90e f g h i TOI-1452 b TrES-2b
Star clusters LAMOST 1
Nebulae Abell 50 Cat's Eye Nebula
Galaxies	NGC 3147 4121 4125 4236 4319 4345 4513 4589 5678 5777 5866 5866B 5879 5906 5907 5949 5963 5965 5982 5985 6090 6248 6285 6286 6338 6340 6365 6373 6394 6412 6503 6566 6621 6622 6670 6676 6786 6789 Other 1ES 1959+650 3C 249.1 3C 305 3C 319 3C 356 3C 371 3C 390.3 3C 401 4C +72.26 H1821+643 HFLS3 KKR 25 Markarian 876 PGC 39058 S5 1803+784 S5 2007+777 UGC 9391
Galaxy clusters Abell 2218 CL1358+62 Draco Supercluster
Astronomical events Swift J1644+57 SN 2005B SN 2016aps
Category

• Blazars
• Quasars
• BL Lacertae objects
• 3C objects
• Draco (constellation)