NGC 3376
| Galaxy NGC 3376 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 47 m 26.6 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 02 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 167 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.019447 ± 0.000137 |
| Radial velocity | 5830 ± 41 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(255 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.2 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | February 19, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3376 • UGC 5891 • PGC 32231 • CGCG 038-013 • MCG + 01-28-007 • 2MASX J10472659 + 0602529 • GALEX ASC J104726.58 + 060253.7 | |
NGC 3376 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 255 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 3362 and NGC 3423 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on February 19, 1863 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .