NGC 3465

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Galaxy
NGC 3465
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The spiral galaxy NGC 3465 as imaged by Pan-STARRS
The spiral galaxy NGC 3465 as imaged by Pan-STARRS
AladinLite
Constellation Dragon
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 59 m 31.3 s
declination + 75 ° 11 ′ 29 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 1 ′
Position angle 171 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.024086 +/- 0.000110  
Radial velocity 7221 +/- 33 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(328 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(100.7 ± 7.1)  Mpc 
diameter 110,000 ly
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 2, 1801
Catalog names
NGC  3465 • UGC  6056 • PGC  33099 • MCG  + 13-08-048 • IRAS  10557 + 7527 • 2MASX  J10593125 + 7511284 • GC  2260 • H  III 967 • h  795 • LDCE 0764 NED002

NGC 3465 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Dragon at the northern sky . It is about 328 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 110,000 light years .

The object was discovered on April 2nd, 1801 by William Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3465
  3. Seligman