NGC 3294

NGC 3294 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor. It was discovered by William Herschel on Mar 17, 1787. It is a member of the Leo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster. The galaxy is located at a distance of 98 million light years and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of $0.005$. The morphological class of NGC 3294 is SA(rs)bc, which means this is a spiral galaxy with no central bar (SA), an incomplete inner ring structure (rs), and moderately wound spiral arms (bc).

This galaxy has been host to a pair of supernova events. SN 1990H was discovered April 9, 1990 at a position $1,586 km/s$ west and $0$ south of the galactic nucleus. The spectrum and light curve resembled a type II core-collapse supernova similar to SN 1987A. A scan two years later on February 14, 1992, SN 1992G was imaged $2.223 arcminute$ east and $0.978 arcminute$ south of the nucleus. This was determined to be a type Ia supernova.