NGC 3320
| Galaxy NGC 3320 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 39 m 36.5 s |
| declination | + 47 ° 23 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007775 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 2331 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(106 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (32.4 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 1, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3320 • UGC 5794 • PGC 31708 • CGCG 241-005 • MCG + 08-20-010 • IRAS 10366 + 4739 • 2MASX J10393652 + 4723526 • GC 2166 • H II 745 • h 732 • | |
NGC 3320 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Great Bear. It is estimated to be 106 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 1, 1788 .