NGC 3354

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Galaxy
NGC 3354
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Constellation Air pump
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 43 m 02.9 s
declination -36 ° 21 ′ 45 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S: / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 12.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.7 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 '× 0.7'
Surface brightness 11.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 213  
Redshift 0.010004 ± 0.000027  
Radial velocity 2999 ± 8 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(125 ± 9)  x  10 6  ly
(38.2 ± 2.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date May 1, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  3354 • PGC  31941 • ESO  376-014 • MCG  -06-24-008 • IRAS  10407-3606 • 2MASX  J10430294-3621445 • SGC  104045-3606.1 • LDCE 729 NED179

NGC 3354 is a galaxy with extensive star formation areas 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 25,000 light years
. a. the galaxies NGC 3333 , NGC 3347 and NGC 3358 .

The object was discovered on May 1, 1834 by John Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3354
  3. Seligman