NGC 3331
| Galaxy NGC 3331 |
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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 40 m 08.9 s |
| declination | -23 ° 49 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 27 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 209 |
| Redshift | 0.012095 +/- 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 3626 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(153 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.0 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3331 • PGC 31743 • ESO 501-072 • MCG -04-25-056 • IRAS 10377-2333 • 2MASX J10400892-2349132 • SGC 103745-2333.6 • GALEX ASC J104009.09-234913.4 • LDCE 729 NED168 | |
NGC 3331 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 153 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3335 and IC 625 , among others .
The property was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886 .