NGC 3420
Galaxy NGC 3420 |
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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 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 |
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 .