NGC 3340
Galaxy NGC 3340 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | sextant |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 42 m 18.0 s |
declination | -00 ° 22 ′ 09 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sbc (r) |
Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
Position angle | 145 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | LGG 205 |
Redshift | 0.018539 +/- 0.000020 |
Radial velocity | (5558 +/- 6) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(242 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.2 ± 5.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
Discovery date | January 30, 1865 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3340 • UGC 5827 • PGC 31892 • CGCG 009-101 • MCG + 00-27-042 • 2MASX J10421741-0022318 • rail 210A |
NGC 3340 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Sextant. It is an estimated 242 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on January 30, 1865 .