NGC 3294
| Galaxy BGC 3294 |
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| The MGC 3294 galaxy captured with the 81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory . | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 36 m 16.2 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 19 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 3.4 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 122 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005290 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 1586 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(70 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.6 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3294 • UGC 5753 • PGC 31428 • CGCG 183-30 • MCG + 06-23-21 • IRAS 10333 + 3734 • KUG 1033 + 375 • 2MASX J10361626 + 3719285 • GC 2145 • H I 164 • h 724 • Holm 202A | |
NGC 3294 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo Minor at the northern sky , the estimated 70 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered on March 17, 1787 by the astronomer William Herschel .