NGC 3390
| Galaxy  NGC 3390  | 
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake | 
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Position  equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0  | 
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| Right ascension | 10 h 48 m 04.3 s | 
| declination | -31 ° 32 ′ 00 ″ | 
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / LINER? | 
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag | 
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag | 
| Angular expansion | 3.5 ′ × 0.6 ′ | 
| Position angle | 177 ° | 
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² | 
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 215 | 
| Redshift | 0.010164 ± 0.000053 | 
| Radial velocity | 3047 ± 16 km / s | 
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Stroke distance  v rad / H 0  | 
(127 ± 9)  x  10 6  ly (38.9 ± 2.7) Mpc  | 
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel | 
| Discovery date | April 29, 1834 | 
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3390 • PGC 32271 • ESO 437-062 • MCG -05-26-007 • IRAS 10457-3116 • 2MASX J10480434-3132000 • GC 2212 • h 3298 • LDCE 0729 NED192 | |
NGC 3390 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Hydra at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 127 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 29, 1834 .
NGC 3390 group ( LGG 215 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj | 
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| NGC 3390 | PGC 32271 | 132 | 
| PGC 31841 | ESO 437-042 | 109 | 
| PGC 32039 | ESO 437-056 | 123 |