NGC 3311

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Galaxy
NGC 3311
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High-resolution image from the Hubble Space Telescope of the core of NGC 3311: The dust streak in the center and (point-like) globular clusters become clear. [1]
High-resolution image from the Hubble Space Telescope of the core of NGC 3311: The dust streak in the center and (point-like) globular clusters become clear.
AladinLite
Constellation Water snake
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 36 m 42.8 s
declination -27 ° 31 ′ 42 ″
Appearance
Morphological type cD; E + 2  
Brightness  (visual) 11.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.6 mag
Angular expansion 2.3 ′ × 2.1 ′
Position angle 19 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Hydra Cluster , Abell 1060  
Redshift 0.012759 +/- 0.000027  
Radial velocity 3825 +/- 8 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(162 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(49.6 ± 3.5)  Mpc 
diameter 110,000 ly
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date March 30, 1835
Catalog names
NGC  3311 • PGC  31478 • ESO  501-38 • MCG  -04-25-036 • 2MASX  J10364282-2731420 • SGC  103422-2716.1 • AM 1034-271

NGC 3311 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Hydra at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 162 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 ly in diameter. It is the brightest galaxy in the Hydra Cluster .

The galaxies NGC 3307 , NGC 3308 , NGC 3309 , NGC 3312 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

NGC 3311 is above Messier 87 galaxy with the largest known number of globular clusters ; it comprises about 16,000.

The object was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on March 30, 1835 with a 47.5 cm telescope.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PG van Dokkum, M. Franx: Dust in the Cores of Early-Type Galaxies , bibcode : 1995AJ .... 110.2027V
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3311
  4. ↑ SIMBAD Hydra Cluster
  5. ↑ Picture of NGC 3311 ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Taken with the Gemini telescope . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gemini.edu
  6. ↑ Elizabeth MH Wehner, William E. Harris, Bradley C. Whitmore, Barry Rothberg, Kristin A. Woodley: The Globular Cluster Systems around NGC 3311 and NGC 3309 , 2008 ApJ 681 1233
  7. ↑ Seligman