NGC 3468
| Galaxy NGC 3468 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 57 m 31.2 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 56 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 8 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025201 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | (7555 ± 16) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(338 ± 24) · 10 6 ly (103.6 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3468 • UGC 6048 • PGC 32940 • CGCG 213-010 • MCG + 07-23-006 • 2MASX J10573116 + 4056463 • GC 2263 • H III 632 • h 797 • | |
NGC 3468 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Great Bear. It is an estimated 338 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 18, 1787 .
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