NGC 3196

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Galaxy
NGC 3196
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SDSS image from NGC 3196
SDSS image from NGC 3196
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 18 m 49.0 s
declination + 27 ° 40 ′ 08 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB0 (r) a  
Brightness  (visual) 14.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 115 °
Surface brightness 11.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.050379 +/- 0.000178  
Radial velocity 15103 +/- 53 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(673 ± 47)  ·  10 6  Lj
(206.2 ± 14.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date April 11, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  3196 • PGC  30121 • CGCG  153-035 / 154-001 • 2MASX  J10184905 + 2740077 • GC  2064 • H  III 348 • h  694 •

NGC 3196 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo. It is an estimated 673 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 11, 1785 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3196
  3. Seligman