NGC 3456
| Galaxy NGC 3456 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 54 m 03.3 s |
| declination | -16 ° 01 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 102 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014233 ± 0.000022 |
| Radial velocity | (4267 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(183 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.0 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 8, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3456 • PGC 32730 • MCG -03-28-018 • 2MASX J10540329-1601398 • GC 2255 • H IV 29 • h 792 • | |
NGC 3456 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Becher in the southern sky . It is an estimated 183 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 8, 1785 .