NGC3074 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo Minor. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 28 March 1786.
NGC 3074 is an active galaxy nucleus candidate, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.
Supernovae Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 3074: SN1965N (TypeII, mag. 15.8) was discovered by Polish astronomer Konrad Rudnicki on 21 December 1965. SN2002cp (TypeIb/c, mag. 17.9) was discovered by LOTOSS (Lick Observatory and Tenagra Observatory Supernova Searches) on 28 April 2002. SN2019bqe (TypeIa, mag. 18.2) was discovered by Xingming Observatory Sky Survey (XOSS) on 7 March 2019.
See also List of NGC objects (3001–4000)
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