NGC 3358
| Galaxy NGC 3358 |
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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 43 m 33.0 s |
| declination | -36 ° 24 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'_2) SAB (l) from |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 141 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 213 |
| Redshift | 0.009967 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 2988 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(124 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.0 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 2, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3358 • PGC 31974 • ESO 376-017 • MCG -06-24-009 • 2MASX J10433303-3624385 • SGC 104116-3608.9 • LDCE 729 NED182 | |
NGC 3358 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Antlia in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 124 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 120,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3333 , NGC 3347 and NGC 3354 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 2, 1835 .