NGC 3302
| Galaxy NGC 3302 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 35 m 47.4 s |
| declination | -32 ° 21 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 118 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013593 +/- 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 4075 +/- 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(173 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.9 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| diameter | 90,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 28, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3302 • PGC 31391 • ESO 437-G007 • MCG -05-25-020 • 2MASX J10354741-3221307 • SGC 103329-3206.0 • GC 2151, GC 2152 • h 3274, h 3275 • | |
NGC 3302 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Antlia in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 173 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 28, 1835 .
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