NGC 3333
| Galaxy NGC 3333 |
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![NGC 3333 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_3333_DSS.jpg)
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| NGC 3333 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 39 m 49.83 s |
| declination | -36 ° 02 ′ 10.2 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBbc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014361 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 4305 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(183 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.0 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 2, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3333 • PGC 31723 • ESO 376-002 • MCG -06-24-001 • IRAS 10375-3546 • 2MASX J10394981-3602102 • SGC 103733-3546.5 • GC 2172 • h 3288 • GALEX ASC J103949.76-360209.6 • NVSS J103949 -360210 • HIPASS J1039-36 • WISEA J103949.84-360209.7 | |
NGC 3333 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SBbc with extensive star formation areas in the constellation Antlia in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 183 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3347 , NGC 3354 , NGC 3358 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 2, 1835 .
