NGC 3332

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Galaxy
NGC 3332 / NGC 3342
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 40 m 28.4 s
declination + 09 ° 10 ′ 57 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SA0-  
Brightness  (visual) 12.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.5 likes
Angular expansion 1.4 ′ × 1.4 ′
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.019207 ± 0.000023  
Radial velocity (5758 ± 7) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(252 ± 18)  x  10 6  ly
(77.4 ± 5.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date January 18, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  3332/3342  • UGC  5807 • PGC 31768 • CGCG  065-080 • MCG  + 02-27-038 • 2MASX  J10402834 + 0910568 • GC  2170/2177 • H  I 272 / III 5 • NVSS J104028 + 091057 • 2MIG 1465

NGC 3332 = NGC 3342 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 252 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter.

The Type Ia supernova SN 2005ki was observed here.

The object was discovered by William Herschel on January 18, 1784 (listed as NGC 3342 ) and March 4, 1796 (listed as NGC 3332 ) .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3332
  3. Simbad
  4. Seligman