NGC 3253
| Galaxy NGC 3253 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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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 |
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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 .