NGC 3300
| Galaxy NGC 3300 |
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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 36 m 38.4 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 10 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) 0 ^ 0 ^: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 173 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 207 |
| Redshift | 0.010270 +/- 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 3079 +/- 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(133 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (40.9 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 70,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3300 • UGC 5766 • PGC 31472 • CGCG 065-066 • MCG + 02-27-30 • IRAS 10410 + 1507 • IRAS 10409 + 1508 • 2MASX J10363843 + 1410175 • GC 2148 • H III 55 • h 727, h 3273 • LDCE 0740 NED003 | |
NGC 3300 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 133 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on March 19, 1784 .
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