NGC 3363
| Galaxy NGC 3363 |
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![NGC 3363 with LEDA 86672 (ru) [1], SDSS recording](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3363_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 3363 with LEDA 86672 (ru), SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 45 m 09.458 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 04 ′ 42.57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019233 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5766 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(255 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.1 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 22, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3363 • UGC 5866 • PGC 32089 • CGCG 125-003 • MCG + 04-26-002 • IRAS 10424 + 2220 • 2MASX J10450942 + 2204425 • GALEX ASC J104509.47 + 220444.1 • LDCE 749 NED003 • WIS NVSS J104509 + 220443 • WIS NVSS J104509.43 + 220442.5 | |
NGC 3363 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 255 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with PGC 86672 .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 3352 .
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on March 22, 1882 .