NGC 3332
| Galaxy NGC 3332 / NGC 3342 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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 ) .