NGC3836 is a peculiar spiral galaxy in the constellation of Crater. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . It was discovered by German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel on 29 April 1877.
NGC 3836 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 3836: SN2017rt (TypeIc, mag. 17.47) was discovered by Pan-STARRS on 10 January 2017. SN2020aqe (TypeII, mag. 18.269) was discovered by ATLAS on 23 January 2020. SN2021aefs (TypeIIn, mag. 18.36) was discovered by Gaia Photometric Science Alerts on 9 November 2021.
See also List of NGC objects (3001–4000)
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