NGC 3378
| Galaxy NGC 3378 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 46 m 43.3 s |
| declination | -40 ° 00 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 11 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017299 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 5186 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(222 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (68.1 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 1, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3378 • PGC 32189 • ESO 318-012 • MCG -07-22-029 • IRAS 10444-3945 • 2MASX J10464327-4000576 • SGC 104427-3945.1 • NVSS J104643-400100 • LDCE 754 NED002 | |
NGC 3378 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Antila in the southern sky . It is an estimated 222 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly.
The object was discovered on February 1, 1835 by the British astronomer John Herschel .