NGC 3477
| Galaxy NGC 3477 |
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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 12.6 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 13 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 72 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034446 ± 0.000180 |
| Radial velocity | 10,327 ± 54 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(457 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (140.0 ± 9.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3477 • PGC 32997 • CGCG 066-074 • 2MASX J10581255 + 0913046 • GALEX ASC J105812.61 + 091304.9 • NSA 48292 | |
NGC 3477 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 / a and the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 457 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 3466 , NGC 3467 , NGC 3476 , NGC 3490 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 25, 1865 .