NGC 3481
| Galaxy NGC 3481 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 59 m 26.2 s |
| declination | -07 ° 32 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 136 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008406 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | (2520 ± 11) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(106 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (32.4 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3456 • PGC 33097 • MCG -01-28-016 • 2MASX J10592616-0732370 • | |
NGC 3481 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation cup at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 106 million light years from the Milky Way .
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .