NGC 3285
| Galaxy  NGC 3285  | 
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake | 
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Position  equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0  | 
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| Right ascension | 10 h 33 m 35.8 s | 
| declination | -27 ° 27 ′ 16 ″ | 
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) a pec | 
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag | 
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes | 
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 1.5 ′ | 
| Position angle | 108 ° | 
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² | 
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 208 | 
| Redshift | 0.011268 ± 0.000033 | 
| Radial velocity | (3378 ± 10) km / s | 
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Stroke distance  v rad / H 0  | 
(142 ± 10)  ·  10 6  ly (43.5 ± 3.0) Mpc  | 
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel | 
| Discovery date | March 24, 1835 | 
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3285 • PGC 31217 • ESO 501-015 • MCG -04-25-019 • 2MASX J10333582-2727160 • LDCE 0729 NED111 | |
NGC 3285 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 142 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 24, 1835 .