NGC 3877

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 3877

| image =File:NGC3877 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| caption = NGC 3877 (Sloan Digital Sky Survey)

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|11|46|07.7281}}{{cite web

| website = NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| title = Results for object NGC 3877

| url = https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+3877

| access-date = 2006-11-10}}

| dec = {{DEC|+47|29|40.369}}

| constellation name = Ursa Major

| z = 0.002987

| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|895 ± 4 km/s}}

| dist_ly = 50.5 ± 4.2 Mly
{{nowrap|(15.5 ± 1.3 Mpc)}}{{cite web

|title = Distance Results for NGC 3877

|website = NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

|url = http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+3877

|access-date=2010-05-16}}

| type = Sc

| appmag_v = 12.1

| size_v = {{Val|4.4|×|0.8|u=arcminute}}

| size = ~{{convert|24.80|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated){{r|ned}}

| notes =

| names = {{odlist | IRAS= 11434+4746 | MCG= +08-22-002 | CGCG= 243-004 | UGC= 6745 | PGC= 36699}}

}}

NGC 3877 is a type Sc spiral galaxy that was discovered by William Herschel on February 5, 1788.{{cite web

|title=NGC 3877

|publisher=SEDS, the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space

|url=http://spider.seds.org/spider/Misc/n3877.html

|access-date=2010-05-16}} It is located below the magnitude 3.7 star Chi Ursae Majoris in Ursa Major.{{cite web

|title=WikiSky DSS2 image of Chi Ursae Majoris

|publisher=Wikisky

|url=http://www.wikisky.org/?object=Chi+Ursae+Majoris&img_source=DSS2

|access-date=2010-05-16}}

File:NGC3877-LB3-2010May16.jpg (χ UMa)]]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 3877: SN 1998S (Type{{nbsp}}IIn, mag. 15.2) was discovered by the BAO Supernova Survey on 3 March 1998.{{cite journal | bibcode=1998IAUC.6829....1L| title=Supernova 1998S in NGC 3877| last1=Li| first1=W. -D.| last2=Li| first2=C.| last3=Filippenko| first3=A. V.| last4=Moran| first4=E. C.| journal=International Astronomical Union Circular| date=1998| issue=6829| page=1}}{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}1998S | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1998S | publisher = IAU | access-date=7 December 2024}}

Environment

NGC 3877 is a member of the M109 Group, a group of galaxies located in the constellation Ursa Major that may contain over 50 galaxies. The brightest galaxy in the group is the spiral galaxy M109.{{cite book

| author=R. B. Tully

| date=1988

| title=Nearby Galaxies Catalog

| publisher=Cambridge University Press

| location=Cambridge

| isbn=978-0-521-35299-4}}{{cite journal

| author=A. Garcia

| title=General study of group membership. II - Determination of nearby groups

| journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement

| date=1993

| volume=100

| pages=47–90