NGC 3377

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Galaxy
NGC 3377
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3377
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman