NGC 3389
| Galaxy  NGC 3373/3389  | 
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion | 
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Position  equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0  | 
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| Right ascension | 10 h 48 m 27.9 s | 
| declination | + 12 ° 31 ′ 59 ″ | 
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c | 
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag | 
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag | 
| Angular expansion | 2.9 ′ × 1.3 ′ | 
| Position angle | 112 ° | 
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² | 
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | 
NGC 3338 group  LGG 214  | 
| Redshift | 0.004364 ± 0.000019 | 
| Radial velocity | 1308 ± 6 km / s | 
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Stroke distance  v rad / H 0  | 
(54 ± 4)  ·  10 6  ly (16.6 ± 1.2) Mpc  | 
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel | 
| Discovery date | March 11, 1784 | 
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3389 • 3373 • UGC 5914 • PGC 32306 • CGCG 066-022 • MCG + 02-28-013 • 2MASX i J1048278 + 123200 • GC 2198 • GC 2211 • H II 41 • h h 753 • h 761 • HIPASS J1048 + 12b • HOLM 212C • KTG 33C | |
NGC 3373 = NGC 3389 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo in the northern sky . It is an estimated 54 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter. 
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies M 105 , NGC 3371 , IC 643 , IC 648 .
The supernovae SN 1967C ( Type Ia ) and SN 2009md (Type IIP) were observed here.
The object was discovered by William Herschel (listed as NGC 3389 ) on March 11, 1784 and by John Herschel (listed as NGC 3373 ) on March 23, 1830 .
WebLinks
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
 - Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1]
 - Spektrum.de: Map of the area