NGC 3421
| Galaxy NGC 3421 / IC 652 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 50 m 57.6 s |
| declination | -12 ° 26 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) a / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014824 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 4444 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(191 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.5 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Andrew A. Common |
| Discovery date | 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3421 • IC 652 • PGC 32514 • MCG -02-28-013 • 2MASX J10505766-1226546 • LDCE 756 NED005 | |
NGC 3421 = IC 652 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa / P in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 191 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 3402 , NGC 3404 , NGC 3422 , IC 647 are located in the same area of the sky .
The property was discovered by Andrew Ainslie Common in 1880 .