NGC 3409
| Galaxy NGC 3409 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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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 |
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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 .