NGC 3279
| Galaxy NGC 3279 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 34 m 42.8 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 11 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.90 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 152 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004650 ± 0.000009 |
| Radial velocity | (1394 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(58 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.7 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | David Todd |
| Discovery date | March 5, 1878 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3279 • IC 622 • UGC 5741 • PGC 31302 • CGCG 065-059 • MCG + 02-27-027 • IRAS 10320 + 1127 • 2MASX J10344279 + 1111500 • LDCE 0778 NED002 | |
NGC 3279 = IC 622 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Scd in the constellation Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 58 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by David Peck Todd on March 5, 1878 .