NGC 3463
| Galaxy NGC 3463 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 55 m 13.3 s |
| declination | -26 ° 08 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 77 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 223 |
| Redshift | 0.013176 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 3950 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(168 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.4 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 26, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3463 • PGC 32813 • ESO 502-002 • MCG -04-26-014 • IRAS 10528-2552 • 2MASX J10551336-2608266 • LDCE 0767 NED001 | |
NGC 3463 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is around 168 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 26, 1835 .