NGC 3389
| Galaxy NGC 3373/3389 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 48 m 27.9 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 31 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.9 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 112 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 3338 group LGG 214 |
| Redshift | 0.004364 ± 0.000019 |
| Radial velocity | 1308 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(54 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.6 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 11, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3389 • 3373 • UGC 5914 • PGC 32306 • CGCG 066-022 • MCG + 02-28-013 • 2MASX i J1048278 + 123200 • GC 2198 • GC 2211 • H II 41 • h h 753 • h 761 • HIPASS J1048 + 12b • HOLM 212C • KTG 33C | |
NGC 3373 = NGC 3389 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo in the northern sky . It is an estimated 54 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies M 105 , NGC 3371 , IC 643 , IC 648 .
The supernovae SN 1967C ( Type Ia ) and SN 2009md (Type IIP) were observed here.
The object was discovered by William Herschel (listed as NGC 3389 ) on March 11, 1784 and by John Herschel (listed as NGC 3373 ) on March 23, 1830 .
WebLinks
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1]
- Spektrum.de: Map of the area