NGC 3461
| Galaxy NGC 3461 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 54 m 55.3 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 42 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 '× 0.4' |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.041673 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 12,493 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(555 ± 39) · 10 6 ly (170.1 ± 11.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1854 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3461 • PGC 32793 • IRAS 10522 + 1758 • 2MASX J10545526 + 1742292 • GALEX ASC J105455.25 + 174229.1 • SDSS J105455.29 + 174229.2 • NVSS J105455 + 174221 • SIG 3659 | |
NGC 3461 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble-type E2 in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 555 million light years from the Milky Way .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3454 , NGC 3455 , NGC 3457 , IC 656 .
The object was discovered by RJ Mitchell on March 27, 1854 .