NGC 3301

{{Short description|Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Leo}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 3301

| image = 250px

| alt = NGC 3301

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 3301

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Leo

| ra = {{RA|10|36|56.030}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|+21|52|55.80}}

| h_radial_v = 1331 km/s

| z = 0.004450

| dist_ly = {{cvt|22.8|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite journal|last1=Cappellari|first1=Michele|display-authors=etal|title=The ATLAS^3D project – I. A volume-limited sample of 260 nearby early-type galaxies: science goals and selection criteria|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|date=2011|volume=413|issue=2|pages=813–836|bibcode=2011MNRAS.413..813C|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18174.x|doi-access=free |arxiv=1012.1551|s2cid=15391206}}

| group_cluster =

| type = (R')SB(rs)0/a{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%203301&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 3301 (NGC 3301)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2021-02-14}}

| size =

| appmag_v = 11.09

| appmag_b = 12.2

| absmag_v = −20.9

| size_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|UGC=5767|MCG=+04-25-035|PGC=31497}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 3301|accessdate=2021-02-14}}

}}

NGC 3301, also known as NGC 3760, is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Leo. Its apparent magnitude in the V-band is 11.1. It was first observed on March 12, 1784, by the astronomer William Herschel.{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc33.htm#3301|title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3300 - 3349|author=Seligman, Courtney|website=cseligman.com|accessdate=2021-02-14}} It is a member of the Leo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster.{{cite web | title=The Leo III Groups |work=Atlas of the Universe |url=http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/leoii.html |access-date=2010-11-27 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722223749/http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/leoii.html |url-status=live }}