NGC 3443
| Galaxy NGC 3443 |
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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 53 m 00.1 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 34 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAd |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 'x 1.4' |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 3370 group LGG 219 |
| Redshift | 0.003776 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 1132 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(47 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.4 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 24, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3443 • UGC 6000 • PGC 32671 • CGCG 095-056 • MCG + 03-28-025 • 2MASX J10530011 + 1734250 • GALEX 2698265349244060756 • USGC U340 NED10 | |
NGC 3443 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 47 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3454 , NGC 3455 , NGC 3457 , NGC 3461 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 24, 1887 .