NGC 3253
Galaxy NGC 3253 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lion |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 28 m 27.3 s |
declination | + 12 ° 42 ′ 15 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc |
Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
Position angle | 45 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.032319 ± 0.000027 |
Radial velocity | (9689 ± 8) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(428 ± 30) · 10 6 Lj (131.3 ± 9.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | April 27, 1886 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3253 • UGC 5674 • PGC 30829 • CGCG 065-043 • MCG + 02-27-021 • 2MASX J10282730 + 1242144 • LDCE 0726 NED007 |
NGC 3253 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Leo in the northern sky . It is an estimated 428 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 27, 1886 .