NGC 3334
| Galaxy NGC 3334 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 41 m 31.2 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 18 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024023 +/- 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | (7202 +/- 25) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(322 ± 23) · 10 6 ly (98.6 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 105,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3334 • UGC 5817 • PGC 31845 • CGCG 184-005 • MCG + 06-24-004 • IRAS F10386 + 3734 • 2MASX J10413121 + 3718464 • H II 641 • GALEX ASC J104131.19 + 371846.4 • LDCE 750 NED002 | |
NGC 3334 is a lenticular galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 322 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 105,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 3304 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on March 17, 1787 .