NGC 3483

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Galaxy
NGC 3483
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Constellation Water snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 59 m 00.2 s
declination -28 ° 28 ′ 37 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SA (rl) 0 / a  
Brightness  (visual) 12.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.8 ′ × 1.2 ′
Position angle 105 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.011848 ± 0.000053  
Radial velocity (3552 ± 16) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(150 ± 10)  x  10 6  ly
(45.9 ± 3.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date May 10, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  3483 • PGC  33060 • ESO  438-001 • 2MASX  J10590019-2828370 •

NGC 3483 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0-a in the constellation Water Snake in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 150 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on May 10, 1834 by John Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3483
  3. Seligman