NGC 3735


NGC 3735 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Draco. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of. Additionally, 19 non-redshift measurements give a closer mean distance of. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 7 December 1801.
NGC 3735 is a Seyfert II galaxy, i.e. it has a quasar-like nucleus with very high surface brightnesses whose spectra reveal strong, high-ionisation emission lines, but unlike quasars, the host galaxy is clearly detectable.

Supermassive black hole

Based on measurements of the near-infrared K-band luminosity of the galaxy's bulge, NGC 3735 has a supermassive black hole with a mass of .

Nuclear maser source

A survey conducted in 1996 and 1997 for maser emission in the active galactic nuclei of 29 galaxies found one new maser in NGC 3735.

NGC 3735 group

NGC 3735 is a member the NGC 3735 group, which contains three galaxies, including UGC 6552 and UGC 6711.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 3735:SN 1998cn was discovered by Michael Schwartz on 17 June 1998.