NGC 3385

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Galaxy
NGC 3385
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation sextant
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 48 m 11.6 s
declination + 04 ° 55 ′ 40 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 12.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 97 °
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.026101 ± 0.000167  
Radial velocity (7825 ± 50) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(344 ± 24)  x  10 6  ly
(105.5 ± 7.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date April 9, 1828
Catalog names
NGC  3385 • UGC  5908 • PGC  32285 • CGCG  038-015 • MCG  + 01-28-009 • 2MASX  J10481163 + 0455397 •

NGC 3385 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Sextant. It is estimated to be 344 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on April 9, 1828 by John Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3385
  3. Seligman