NGC 3407
| Galaxy NGC 3407 |
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![SDSS image from NGC 3407 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3407_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| SDSS image from NGC 3407 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 52 m 17.788 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 22 ′ 46.66 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016792 ± 0.000193 |
| Radial velocity | (5034 ± 58) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(229 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (70.1 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 9, 1793 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3407 • UGC 5978 • PGC 32626 • CGCG 291-007 • MCG + 10-16-017 • 2MASX J10521784 + 6122471 • GC 2223 • H III 919 • h 769 • 2MASS J10521781 + 6122467 • NSA 16722 | |
NGC 3407 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 229 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 3435 .
The object was discovered on April 9, 1793 by Wilhelm Herschel .