NGC 3237
| Galaxy NGC 3237 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 25 m 43.3 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 38 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SAB0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023613 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | (7079 ± 31) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(316 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (97.0 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3237 • UGC 5640 • PGC 30610 • CGCG 212-007 • MCG + 07-22-003 • 2MASX i J1025433 + 393846 • GC 2097 • H III 631 • h 709 • | |
NGC 3237 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 316 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 18, 1787 .