NGC 3380
Galaxy NGC 3380 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Little lion |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 48 m 12.2 s |
declination | + 28 ° 36 ′ 07 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | (R ') SBa? |
Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
Position angle | 12 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | LGG 227 |
Redshift | 0.005357 ± 0.000030 |
Radial velocity | (1606 ± 9) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(70 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.5 ± 1.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | April 11, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3380 • UGC 5906 • PGC 32287 • CGCG 155-015 • MCG + 05-26-012 • 2MASX J10481215 + 2836063 • GC 2204 • H II 360 • h 755 • LDCE 0763 NED001 |
NGC 3380 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 70 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 11, 1785 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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