NGC 3433
| Galaxy NGC 3433 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 52 m 03.9 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 08 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.5 ′ × 3 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009073 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 2720 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(117 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (35.8 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 11, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3433 • UGC 5981 • PGC 32605 • CGCG 066-048 • MCG + 02-28-023 • 2MASX J10520382 + 1008536 • GC 2240 • H III 20 • h 783 • GALEX MSC J105203.86 + 100851.2 • NSA 158901 | |
NGC 3433 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 117 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light-years across.
The galaxies NGC 3428 , NGC 3429 , NGC 3438 , NGC 3444 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 11, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel with a 48 cm telescope.
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
Web links
Commons : NGC 3433 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
