NGC 3392

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Galaxy
NGC 3392
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 51 m 03.0 s
declination + 65 ° 46 ′ 54 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E3 / Sy1 / BLAGN  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 120 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.010860 ± 0.000103  
Radial velocity 3256 ± 31 km / s km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(150 ± 10)  x  10 6  ly
(46.0 ± 3.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 3, 1791
Catalog names
NGC  3392 • PGC  32512 • CGCG  313-037 • MCG  + 11-13-042 • 2MASX  J10510307 + 6546534 • GC  2213 • H  III 881 • h  763 •

NGC 3392 is an elliptical galaxy with an active galaxy core in the constellation Great Bear that is cataloged as the Seyfert 1 galaxy . It is an estimated 152 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 35,000 ly .
The supernova SN2010Y lit up in this galaxy in 2010 .

The object was discovered on April 3, 1791 by the British astronomer William Herschel .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c SEDS : NGC 3392
  3. Simbad
  4. Seligman