NGC 3424
| Galaxy NGC 3424 |
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![NGC 3424 with LEDA 2017489 [1] (ol)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3424_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 3424 with LEDA 2017489 (ol) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 51 m 46.333 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 54 ′ 02.74 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) b :? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 112 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3396 group LGG 218 |
| Redshift | 0.004983 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1494 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(66 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (20.2 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3424 • UGC 5972 • PGC 32584 • CGCG 184-028 • MCG + 06-24-025 • IRAS 10489 + 3309 • KUG 1048 + 331 • 2MASX J10514632 + 3254024 • GC 2235 • H II 494 • h 778 • NVSS J105146 + 325405 • LDCE 755 NED005 • HOLM 218A | |
NGC 3424 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 66 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
Together with NGC 3413 and NGC 3430 , it forms the galaxy trio Holm 218 . She is a member of the eleven galaxies counting NGC 3396 group ( LGG 218 ). In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3396 IC 2608 , IC 2612 , IC 2613 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 7, 1785 .
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