NGC 3340
| Galaxy NGC 3340 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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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 |
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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 .