NGC 3347
| Galaxy NGC 3347 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 42 m 46.5 s |
| declination | -36 ° 21 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.4 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 173 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 213 |
| Redshift | 0.010040 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 3010 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(125 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.3 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3347 • PGC 31926 • ESO 376-013 • MCG -06-24-007 • IRAS 10404-3604 • 2MASX J10424650-3621090 • SGC 104029-3605.5 • LDCE 729 NED178 | |
NGC 3347 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Antlia in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 125 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 130,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3289 , NGC 3333 , NGC 3354 and NGC 3358 .
The object was discovered on May 1, 1834 by John Herschel .