NGC 3408
| Galaxy NGC 3408 |
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![SDSS image from NGC 3408 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3408_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| SDSS image from NGC 3408 | |
| 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 11.677 s |
| declination | + 58 ° 26 ′ 17.26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 127 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031713 ± 0.000095 |
| Radial velocity | (9507 ± 28) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(428 ± 30) · 10 6 Lj (131.3 ± 9.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1793 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3408 • UGC 5977 • PGC 32616 • CGCG 291-006 • MCG + 10-16-016 • IRAS 10490 + 5842 • 2MASX J10521167 + 5826168 • GC 2224 • H III 913 • h 770 • GALEX ASC J105211.71 + 582615.5 • NVSS J105211 + 582618 | |
NGC 3408 is a spiral radio galaxy of the Hubble-type Sc in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 428 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 8, 1793 .