NGC 3458
Galaxy NGC 3458 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Big Bear |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 56 m 01.5 s |
declination | + 57 ° 07 ′ 01 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB0 |
Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Position angle | 5 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | NGC 3445 group LGG 226 |
Redshift | 0.006261 ± 0.000017 |
Radial velocity | 1877 ± 5 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(87 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.7 ± 1.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | April 8, 1793 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3458 • UGC 6037 • PGC 32854 • CGCG 291-014 • MCG + 10-16-026 • 2MASX J10560145 + 5707010 • GC 2257 • H I 268 • LDCE 0867 NED005 |
NGC 3458 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 and constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 7 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 3445 , NGC 3440 and PGC 32784 , it forms the NGC 3445 group ( LGG 226 ).
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 8, 1793 .