NGC 3077

NGC 3077 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, which is about 12.5 million light -years away from Earth. NGC 3077 is a member of the M81 group. Before about 300 million years NGC 3077 interacted with the galaxy Messier 81 This encounter a band of hydrogen gas between NGC 3077 and Messier 81, in which for about 100 million years ago, new stars emerged.

Discovery

NGC 3077 was discovered on November 8, 1801 by the German - British astronomer William Herschel.

Declination Radial velocity Light-year New General Catalogue Uppsala General Catalogue Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies IRAS 2MASS List of NGC objects NGC 3054 NGC 3079 Integrated Authority File
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