NGC 3454
| Galaxy NGC 3454 |
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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 54 m 29.5 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 20 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 'x 0.4' |
| Position angle | 116 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 3370 group LGG 219 |
| Redshift | 0.003673 ± 0.000005 |
| Radial velocity | 1101 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(46 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.0 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3454 • UGC 6026 • PGC 32763 • CGCG 095-060 • MCG + 03-28-030 • IRAS F10518 + 1736 • 2MASX J10542945 + 1720385 • NSA 138320 • LDCE 778 NED012 • KPG 257A • HOLM 221B | |
NGC 3454 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 46 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years across. Together with NGC 3455 , it forms the galaxy pair Holm 221 or KPG 257 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3443 , NGC 3457 , NGC 3461 , IC 656 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 17, 1831 .
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