NGC 3459
Galaxy NGC 3459 |
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NGC 3459 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | cups |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 54 m 44.28 s |
declination | -17 ° 02 ′ 31.2 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | (R ') SBab: |
Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 155 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | isolated |
Redshift | 0.014186 ± 0.000150 |
Radial velocity | 4253 ± 45 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(182 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (55.8 ± 4.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
Discovery date | January 5, 1887 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3459 • PGC 32782 • MCG -03-28-022 • IRAS 10522-1646 • 2MASX J10544427-1702313 • 2MASS J10544427-1702311 • WISEA J105444.27-170231.0 • 2MIG 1502 |
NGC 3459 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Becher in the southern sky . It is an estimated 182 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 3431 .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on January 5, 1887 .