NGC 3399
| Galaxy NGC 3399 |
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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 49 m 27.6 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 13 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022252 ± 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | (6671 ± 14) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(294 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (90.2 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | April 1, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3399 • PGC 32395 • CGCG 095-031 • MCG + 03-28-012 • 2MASX J10492761 + 1613061 • LDCE 0757 NED001 | |
NGC 3399 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 294 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on April 1, 1864 .