NGC 3287
| Galaxy NGC 3287 |
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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 34 m 47.3 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 38 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) d / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.00 × 0.9 |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004356 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 1306 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(55 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.0 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | January 1, 1862 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3287 • UGC 5742 • PGC 31311 • CGCG 124-038 • MCG + 04-25-032 • IRAS 10320 + 2154 • 2MASX J10344730 + 2138539 • LDCE 724 NED013 | |
NGC 3287 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Leo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 55 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 30,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 3301 .
The object was discovered on January 1st, 1862 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .