NGC 3283
| Galaxy NGC 3283 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Sails of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 31 m 11.6 s |
| declination | -46 ° 15 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) 0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 168 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009670 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | (2899 ± 22) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(120 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (36.7 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 3, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3283 • PGC 31035 • ESO 263-048 • 2MASX J10311160-4615043 • LDCE 0725 NED025 | |
NGC 3283 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Sail of the Ship south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 120 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 3, 1837 by John Herschel .