NGC 3450
| Galaxy NGC 3450 |
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| The bar-spiral galaxy NGC 3450, imaged by Pan-STARRS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 48 m 03.6 s |
| declination | -20 ° 50 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 2.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 128 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.57 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 220 |
| Redshift | 0.013433 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 4027 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(172 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.6 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| diameter | 150,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 22, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3450 • PGC 32270 • MCG -03-28-004 • IRAS 10456-2034 • 2MASX J10480361-2050572 • SGC 104538-2035.1 • GC 2250 • h 3303 • AGC 27532 • LDCE 729 NED191 | |
NGC 3450 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Water Snake south of the celestial equator . It is around 172 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 140,000 light years .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2005as was observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 22, 1835 .
NGC 3450 group ( LGG 220 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 3450 | PGC 32270 | 172 |
| NGC 3453 | PGC 32707 | 170 |
| NGC 3464 | PGC 32778 | 159 |