NGC 3277
| Galaxy NGC 3277 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 32 m 55.4 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 30 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) from / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.10 × 1.8 |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 3245 group LGG 197 |
| Redshift | 0.004697 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (1408 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(61 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.7 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 11, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3277 • UGC 5731 • PGC 31166 • CGCG 154-026 • MCG + 05-25-022 • IRAS 10301 + 2846 • 2MASX J10325545 + 2830422 • GC 2134 • H II 359 • h 721 • NVSS J103254 + 283043 • LDCE 734 NED004 | |
NGC 3277 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is an estimated 61 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3265 and NGC 3274 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 11, 1785 .