NGC 3377
| Galaxy NGC 3377 |
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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 47 m 42.40 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 59 ′ 08.3 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E5-6 |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.2 ′ × 3 ′ |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Leo I group M96 group LGG 217 |
| Redshift | 0.002218 ± 0.000008 |
| Radial velocity | (665 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(26 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (7.85 ± 0.55) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3377 • UGC 5899 • PGC 32249 • CGCG 066-016 • MCG + 02-28-009 • 2MASX J10474239 + 1359083 • GC 2201 • H II 99 • h 754 • NSA 138063 • GIN 776 • LDCE 778 NED008 | |
NGC 3377 is an elliptical galaxy of type E5 to E6 and lies in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 26 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
Together with Messier 95 , Messier 96 , Messier 105 , NGC 3299 , NGC 3384 , NGC 3412 , NGC 3489 , PGC 32226 , it forms the M 96 group .
The object was discovered on April 8, 1784 by William Herschel .