NGC 3386
| Galaxy NGC 3386 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 48 m 11.9 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 59 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034144 ± 0.000130 |
| Radial velocity | (10236 ± 39) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(452 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (138.5 ± 9.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 9, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3386 • PGC 32284 • CGCG 038-016 NED01 • MCG + 01-28-010 • 2MASX J10481189 + 0459547 • | |
NGC 3386 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Sextant. It is estimated to be 452 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 9, 1828 by John Herschel .