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NGC 3524
The lenticular galaxy NGC 3524
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Leo
Right ascension	11 06 32.1135
Declination	+11° 23′ 07.693″
Redshift	0.004528
Heliocentric radial velocity	1357 ± 2 km/s
Distance	82.2 ± 5.9 Mly (25.21 ± 1.80 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.8
Characteristics
Type	S0/a
Size	~51,600 ly (15.81 kpc) (estimated)
Apparent size (V)	1.6′ × 0.5′
Other designations
IRAS 22409+3344, 2MASX J11063210+1123070, UGC 6158, MCG +02-28-050, PGC 33604, CGCG 066-112

NGC 3524 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Leo. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1709 ± 25 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 25.21 ± 1.80 Mpc (∼82.2 million light-years). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 11 March 1784.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 3524: SN 2024inv (type Ia, mag. 18.3072) was discovered by Automatic Learning for the Rapid Classification of Events (ALeRCE) on 10 May 2024.

See also

• List of NGC objects (3001–4000)

References

1. ^ "Results for object NGC 3524". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
2. Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 3524". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
3. "SN 2024inv". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

External links

• Media related to NGC 3524 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 3524 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

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List of stars in Leo Leo in Chinese astronomy
Stars	Bayer α (Regulus) β (Denebola) γ (Algieba) δ (Zosma) ε (Algenubi) ζ (Adhafera) η θ (Chertan) ι κ (Al Minliar al Asad) λ (Alterf) μ (Rasalas) ν ξ ο (Subra) π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω Flamsteed 3 6 (h) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 (f) 18 19 20 21 22 (g) 23 26 31 (A) 33 34 35 37 39 40 42 43 44 45 46 48 49 50 51 (m) 52 (k) 53 (l) 54 55 56 57 58 (d) 59 (c) 60 (b) 61 (p) 62 (p) 64 65 (p) 66 67 69 (p) 71 72 73 (n) 75 76 79 80 81 82 83 85 86 87 (e) 88 89 90 92 93 95 (o) 6 LMi 18 LMi 49 LMi 52 LMi Variable R AD CN CW DP EE HR 4253 (p) 4459 (Formosa) HD 81040 88133 89307 96063 (Dingolay) 97658 99109 (Shama) 100777 (Sagarmatha) 102272 Other BD+20 2457 Gliese 408 Gliese 436 (Noquisi) GJ 3685 HVS 7 K2-3 K2-18 2MASSI J0937347+293142 2MASS J10475385+2124234 MACS J1149 Lensed Star 1 PSR B0943+10 PSR B0950+08 SDSS J102915+172927
Exoplanets γ Leonis b μ Leonis b υ Leonis b DP Leonis b Gliese 436 b (Awohali) HD 81040 b HD 88133 b HD 89307 b HD 89345 b HD 96063 b (Ramajay) HD 99109 b (Perwana) HD 100777 b (Laligurans) HD 102272 b c K2-18b c
Galaxies	Messier 65 66 95 96 105 NGC 2903 2906 2911 2964 3041 3048 3049 3177 3185 3187 3190 3193 3226 3227 3239 3274 3301 3357 3362 3367 3370 3377 3384 3412 3426 3447 3455 3489 3501 3506 3521 3524 3535 3593 3596 3598 3599 3602 3605 3607 3608 3628 3632 3640 3646 3647 3664 3666 3678 3686 3697 3705 3710 3758 3799 3800 3801 3805 3806 3810 3816 3821 3837 3840 3841 3842 3844 3845 3851 3857 3859 3860 3861 3862 3864 3867 3868 3873 3875 3883 3884 3886 3900 3902 3908 3925 3937 3947 3954 4005 Numbered I II III IV V Other Cosmic Horseshoe IC 2498 IC 2628 IRAS 10565+2448 J1000+1242 Leo P Leo T PSO J172.3556+18.7734 UGC 6614 UGC 6697
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