NGC 3459

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Galaxy
NGC 3459
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NGC 3459 [1]
NGC 3459
AladinLite
Constellation cups
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3459
  4. ↑ Seligman