NGC 3312

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Galaxy
NGC 3312
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PanSTARRS NGC 3312.jpg
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Constellation Water snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 37 m 02.4 s
declination -27 ° 33 ′ 54 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab (r%) p / AGN  
Brightness  (visual) 11.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 12.7 mag
Angular expansion 3.3 ′ × 1.2 ′
Position angle 175 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 1060  
Redshift 0.009627 +/- 0.000030  
Radial velocity 2886 +/- 9 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(120 ± 8)  x  10 6  ly
(36.7 ± 2.6)  Mpc 
diameter 130,000 ly
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date March 26, 1835
Catalog names
NGC  3312 • IC  629 • PGC  31513 • ESO  501-G043 • MCG  -04-25-039 • IRAS  10346-2718 • 2MASX  J10370254-2733541 • SGC  103441-2718.3 • GC  2161 • h  3282 •

NGC 3312 = IC 629 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SA (s) b pec? in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 120 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 ly in diameter. The galaxy is part of the Hydra I galaxy cluster , also known as Abell 1060 .
The galaxies NGC 3307 , NGC 3309 , NGC 3311 , NGC 3317 are in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered on March 26, 1835 by John Herschel (listed as NGC 3312) and on February 26, 1887 by Guillaume Bigourdan (listed as IC 629).

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3312
  3. Seligman
  4. SIMBAD Database

Attention: The sorting key "NGC 3312" overwrites the previously used key "IC0629".