NGC 3420
| Galaxy NGC 3420 |
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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 09.6 s |
| declination | -17 ° 14 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs +) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020007 +/- 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | (5998 +/- 30) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(260 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (79.7 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3420 • PGC 32453 • MCG -03-28-011 • 2MASX J10500967-1714326 • | |
NGC 3420 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Aquarius. It is an estimated 260 million light years from the Milky Way .
The property was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 .