NGC 3377 is an

elliptical galaxy An elliptical galaxy is a type of galaxy with an approximately ellipsoidal shape and a smooth, nearly featureless image. They are one of the four main classes of galaxy described by Edwin Hubble in his Hubble sequence and 1936 work ''The Real ...

in the

constellation A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object. The origins of the earliest constellation ...

Leo. It is a member of the

M96 Group The M96 Group (also known as the Leo I Group) is a group of galaxies in the constellation Leo. This group contains between 8 and 24 galaxies, including three Messier objects. It also contains the Leo Ring. The group is one of many groups tha ...

and is about 26 Mly away, with a diameter of approximately 40 000 ly. The

supermassive black hole A supermassive black hole (SMBH or sometimes SBH) is the largest type of black hole, with its mass being on the order of hundreds of thousands, or millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun (). Black holes are a class of astronomical ob ...

at the core of NGC 3377 has a mass of . A very faint companion galaxy, NGC 3377A is 7.1' NW.

Gallery

File:NGC3377 - SDSS DR14.jpg, SDSS image of NGC 3377

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* * {{Ngc35 3377 5899 32249 M96 Group Elliptical galaxies Leo (constellation) 17840408