NGC 3409
Galaxy NGC 3409 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Water snake |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 50 m 20.3 s |
declination | -17 ° 02 ′ 37 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SBc? sp |
Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
Position angle | 10 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.020524 |
Radial velocity | 6153 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(267 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.8 ± 5.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
Discovery date | 1886 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3409 • PGC 32470 • MCG -03-28-012 • 2MASX J10502033-1702372 • |
NGC 3409 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Hydra. It is estimated to be 267 million light years from the Milky Way .
The property was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 .