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{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
 | name     = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 3310
 | image    = NGC 3310.jpg
 | caption  = NGC 3310, as taken by [[Hubble Space Telescope]]
 | epoch    = [[J2000]]
 | type     = SAB(r)bc pec<ref name="ned"/> or SAcd<ref name=Ann2015/>
 | ra       = {{RA|10|38|45.857}}<ref name=Skrutskie2006/>
 | dec      = {{DEC|+53|30|11.89}}<ref name=Skrutskie2006/>
 | constellation name = [[Ursa Major]]
 | z        = 0.003309<ref name=Ann2015/>
 | h_radial_v = 
 | dist_ly  = {{Convert|10.66|Mpc|Mly|order=flip|abbr=on|lk=on}}<ref name=Ann2015/>
 | appmag_v = 11.2<ref name="ned" />
 | size_v   = 3.1{{prime}} × 2.4{{prime}}<ref name="ned" />
 | notes    =
 | names    = [[Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]]&nbsp;5786, [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]]&nbsp;31650, [[Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies|Arp]]&nbsp;217, VV&nbsp;356, VV&nbsp;406<ref name="ned" />
}}

'''NGC 3310''' is a [[grand design spiral galaxy]] in the [[constellation]] [[Ursa Major]].  It is a [[starburst galaxy]] and it is likely that NGC 3310 collided with one of its [[satellite galaxies]] about 100 million years ago, triggering widespread star formation.  It is thought to be located approximately 46 million [[light-year]]s away from the [[Earth]], and is thought to be about 22,000 light-years wide.

The ring clusters of NGC 3310 have been undergoing starburst activity for at least the last 40 million years.<ref name="deGrijsetal2003"/>

==Supernovae==
Three [[supernova]]e have been discovered in NGC 3310:
* SN 1974C (type unknown, mag. 16.5) was discovered by Pieter van der Kruit and [[Halton Arp]] on 26 February 1974.<ref>{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}1974C | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1974C | publisher = [[International_Astronomical_Union|IAU]] | access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref>
* SN 1991N ([[Type_Ib_and_Ic_supernovae|type&nbsp;Ib/c]], mag. 15) was discovered by the Berkeley Automated Supernova Search on 29 March 1991 at an offset of {{val|5|ul=arcsecond}} east and {{val|7|u=arcsecond}} south of the galactic nucleus.<ref name=Perlmutter_et_al_1991/><ref>{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}1991N | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1991N | publisher = [[International_Astronomical_Union|IAU]] | access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref>
* SN 2021gmj ([[Type_II_supernova|type&nbsp;IIP]], mag.15.1) was discovered by the ''Distance Less Than 40 Mpc Survey'' (DLT40) on 20 March 2021.<ref name=TNS/>

==References==

{{reflist|refs=

<ref name=Perlmutter_et_al_1991>{{cite journal
 | title=Supernova 1991N in NGC 3310
 | last1=Perlmutter | first1=S. | last2=Pennypacker | first2=C.
 | last3=Carlson | first3=S. | last4=Hamilton | first4=N.
 | last5=Marvin | first5=H. | last6=Muller | first6=R.
 | last7=Tetreault | first7=M. | last8=Smith | first8=C.
 | display-authors=1 | journal=IAU Circular
 | issue=5227 | date=March 1991
 | page=1 | editor1-last=Green | editor1-first=D. W. E.
 | bibcode=1991IAUC.5227....1P }}</ref>

<ref name=TNS>{{cite web
 | title=SN 2021gmj
 | website=Transient Name Server
 | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2021gmj
 | access-date=2021-12-20 }}</ref>

<ref name="ned">{{cite web
 | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
 | work=Results for NGC 3310
 | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
 | access-date=2006-11-08 }}</ref>

<ref name=Ann2015>{{citation
 | title=A Catalog of Visually Classified Galaxies in the Local (z ~ 0.01) Universe
 | last1=Ann | first1=H. B. | last2=Seo | first2=Mira
 | last3=Ha | first3=D. K. | display-authors=1
 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
 | volume=217 | issue=2 | pages=27–49 | date=2015
 | bibcode=2015ApJS..217...27A | doi=10.1088/0067-0049/217/2/27
 | arxiv=1502.03545 | s2cid=119253507 | postscript=. }}</ref>

<ref name=Skrutskie2006>{{cite journal
 | title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
 | display-authors=1 | 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.
 | journal=The Astronomical Journal
 | date=February 1, 2006 | volume=131 | issue=2 | pages=1163–1183
 | doi=10.1086/498708 | issn=0004-6256
 | bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S | s2cid=18913331 | doi-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name="deGrijsetal2003">{{cite journal
 | last1=de Grijs | first1=R. | last2=Anders | first2=P.
 | last3=Bastian | first3=N. | last4=Lynds | first4=R.
 | last5=Lamers | first5=H. J. G. L. M. | last6=O'Neil | first6=E. J.
 | title=Star cluster formation and evolution in nearby starburst galaxies - II. Initial conditions
 | display-authors=4 | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
 | date=2003 | volume=343 | issue=4 | pages=1285–1300
 | bibcode=2003MNRAS.343.1285D | arxiv=astro-ph/0305184
 | doi=10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06777.x | doi-access=free | s2cid=16174497 }}</ref>

}}

==External links==
* {{commonscat-inline}}
* {{APOD |date=11 September 2001 |title=Spiral Galaxy NGC 3310 Across the Visible}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070802104458/http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2001/04/fastfacts/ Hubble's Ultraviolet Views of Nearby Galaxies Yield Clues to Early Universe]
* [http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120312.html The Scale of the Universe] ([[Astronomy Picture of the Day]] 2012 March 12)

{{Sky|10|38|45.86|+|53|30|12|42000000}}
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{{Catalogs|NGC=3310|UGC=5786|PGC=31650|Arp=217}}

[[Category:Peculiar galaxies]]
[[Category:Intermediate spiral galaxies]]
[[Category:Ursa Major]]
[[Category:NGC objects|3310]]
[[Category:UGC objects|05786]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|31650]]
[[Category:Arp objects|217]]
[[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1789|17890412]]