NGC 3476
| Galaxy NGC 3476 / NGC 3480 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 58 m 07.6 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 16 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 117 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034674 ± 0.000157 |
| Radial velocity | 10,395 ± 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(460 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (141.0 ± 9.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3476 • 3480 • PGC 32987 • CGCG 066-073 • MCG + 02-28-032 • 2MASX J10580758 + 0916335 • GALEX ASC J105807.55 + 091636.3 • USGC U336 NED03 | |
NGC 3476 = NGC 3480 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E1 and the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 460 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3466 , NGC 3467 , NGC 3477 , NGC 3490 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 25, 1865 .