NGC 3355
Galaxy NGC 3355 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Water snake |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 43 m 26.0 s |
declination | -23 ° 23 ′ 03 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (s) m: |
Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 3 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
Position angle | 105 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | LGG 212 |
Redshift | 0.003986 +/- 0.000013 |
Radial velocity | 1195 +/- 4 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(45 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.7 ± 1.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Samuel Pierpont Langley |
Discovery date | April 12, 1866 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3355 • UGC A 215 • PGC 31840 • ESO 501-079 • MCG -04-25-058 • 2MASX J10464464-2514398 • |
NGC 3355 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBm in the constellation Water Snake. It is estimated to be 45 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Samuel Pierpont Langley on April 12, 1866 .