NGC 3437
| Galaxy NGC 3437 |
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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 35.7 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 56 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 122 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004280 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (1283 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(55 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.8 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 12, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3437 • UGC 5995 • PGC 32648 • CGCG 125-013 • MCG + 04-26-016 • IRAS 10498 + 2312 • 2MASX J10523574 + 2256028 • GC 2243 • H II 47 • h 786 • LDCE 0755 NED007 | |
NGC 3437 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 55 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 12, 1784 .
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