NGC 3394

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Galaxy
NGC 3394
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 50 m 39.8 s
declination + 65 ° 43 ′ 38 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA (rs) c  
Brightness  (visual) 12.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.9 ′ × 1.4 ′
Position angle 35 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.011353 ± 0.000097  
Radial velocity (3404 ± 29) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(157 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(48.0 ± 3.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date April 3, 1791
Catalog names
NGC  3394 • UGC  5937 • PGC  32495 • CGCG  313-036 • MCG  + 11-13-041 • IRAS  10473 + 6559 • 2MASX  J10503976 + 6543377 • GC  2215 • H  II 872 • h  764 •

NGC 3394 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Ursa Major. It is an estimated 157 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on April 3, 1791 by Wilhelm Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3394
  3. Seligman