NGC 3438
| Galaxy NGC 3438 |
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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 26.0 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 32 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.8' |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1142 |
| Redshift | 0.021635 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 6486 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(285 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.4 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3438 • UGC 5988 • PGC 32638 • CGCG 066-052 • MCG + 02-28-025 • 2MASX J10522599 + 1032505 • GALEX ASC J105225.96 + 103250.5 • NVSS J105226 + 103251 | |
NGC 3438 is a radio galaxy from the Hubble type S: and Leo constellation on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 285 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3433 and NGC 3444 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 25, 1865 .