NGC 3312
| Galaxy NGC 3312 |
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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 37 m 02.4 s |
| declination | -27 ° 33 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab (r%) p / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.3 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1060 |
| Redshift | 0.009627 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 2886 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(120 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (36.7 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| diameter | 130,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 26, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3312 • IC 629 • PGC 31513 • ESO 501-G043 • MCG -04-25-039 • IRAS 10346-2718 • 2MASX J10370254-2733541 • SGC 103441-2718.3 • GC 2161 • h 3282 • | |
NGC 3312 = IC 629 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SA (s) b pec? in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 120 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 ly in diameter. The galaxy is part of the Hydra I galaxy cluster , also known as Abell 1060 .
The galaxies NGC 3307 , NGC 3309 , NGC 3311 , NGC 3317 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 26, 1835 by John Herschel (listed as NGC 3312) and on February 26, 1887 by Guillaume Bigourdan (listed as IC 629).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3312
- ↑ Seligman
- ↑ SIMBAD Database
Attention: The sorting key "NGC 3312" overwrites the previously used key "IC0629".