NGC 3306
| Galaxy NGC 3306 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 37 m 10.2 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 39 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) m: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 141 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009637 +/- 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 2889 +/- 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(125 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (38.2 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3306 • UGC 5774 • PGC 31528 • CGCG 065-068 • MCG + 02-27-032 • IRAS 10345 + 1254 • 2MASX J10371021 + 1239087 • LDCE 740 NED004 | |
NGC 3306 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBm in the constellation Leo, north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 125 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3299 and IC 619 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 27, 1886 .