NGC 3346
| Galaxy NGC 3346 |
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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 43 m 38.9 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 52 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) cd |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3338 group LGG 214 |
| Redshift | 0.004250 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 1274 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(53 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.2 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3346 • UGC 5842 • PGC 31982 • CGCG 094-116 • CGCG 095-003 • MCG + 03-28-001 • IRAS 10410 + 1507 • 2MASX J10433888 + 1452191 • H V 7 • HIPASS J1043 + 14 • LDCE 778 NED004 • KIG 436 | |
NGC 3346 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 53 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3357 , IC 635 , IC 637 , IC 638 .
The object was discovered on April 8, 1784 by William Herschel with a 47.5 cm telescope .
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