NGC 3343
Galaxy NGC 3343 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Dragon |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 46 m 10.4 s |
declination | + 73 ° 21 ′ 11 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E. |
Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
Position angle | 55 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.021000 +/- 0.001000 |
Radial velocity | (6296 +/- 300) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(287 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (88.0 ± 7.4) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | April 3, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3343 • PGC 32143 • CGCG 333-051 • MCG + 12-10-073 • 2MASX J10461032 + 7321108 • GC 2176 • H III 317 • h 736 • LDCE 0738 NED008 |
NGC 3343 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is an estimated 279 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 3, 1785 .