NGC 3309
| Galaxy NGC 3309 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 36 m 35.7 s |
| declination | -27 ° 31 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 31 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1060 |
| Redshift | 0.013593 +/- 0.000014 |
| Radial velocity | 4075 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(173 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.0 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 24, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3309 • PGC 31466 • ESO 501-036 • MCG -04-25-034 • 2MASX J10363565-2731063 • SGC 103415-2715.5 • LDCE 729 NED138 | |
NGC 3309 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 173 million light years from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 100,000 ly, and is a member of the Abell 1060 hydra galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 3308 , NGC 3307 , NGC 3311 , IC 629 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 24, 1835 .
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