NGC 3649

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Galaxy
NGC 3649 / IC 682
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NGC 3649 [1] SDSS image
NGC 3649 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 22 m 14.74 s
declination + 20 ° 12 ′ 30.7 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (s) a / AGN  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.4 '× 0.6'
Position angle 140 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.014553 ± 0.000040  
Radial velocity 4363 ± 12 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(192 ± 13)  ·  10 6  ly
(59.0 ± 4.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date February 15, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  3649 • IC  682 • PGC  34883 • CGCG  096-036 • MCG  + 03-29-038 • 2MASX  J11221474 + 2012310 • VCC  6386 • GC  2391 • H  III 16 • h  869 • NSA 139267 • LDCE 801 NED003

NGC 3649 = IC 682 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 192 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years across.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3646 and NGC 3650 .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 15, 1784 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3649  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3649
  4. Seligman