NGC 3361
| Galaxy NGC 3361 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 44 m 29.2 s |
| declination | -11 ° 12 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006424 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1926 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(79 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.1 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Andrew Common |
| Discovery date | 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3361 • PGC 32044 • MCG -02-28-004 • IRAS 10419-1056 • 2MASX J10442917-1112284 • | |
NGC 3361 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Sextant. It is estimated to be 79 million light years from the Milky Way .
The property was discovered by Andrew Ainslie Common in 1880 .