NGC 3485

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Galaxy
NGC 3485
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Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 00 m 02.4 s
declination + 14 ° 50 ′ 30 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (r) b: / AGN  
Brightness  (visual) 11.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 12.7 mag
Angular expansion 2.4 ′ × 2.2 ′
Position angle 105 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.004790 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity (1436 ± 5) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(60 ± 4)  ·  10 6  ly
(18.5 ± 1.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 8, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  3485 • UGC  6077 • PGC  33140 • CGCG  095-085 • MCG  + 03-28-044 • 2MASX  J11000239 + 1450295 • GC  2273 • H  II 100 • h  804, h 3309 • LDCE 0778 NED015

NGC 3485 is a barred spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SB (r) b: in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic , which is an estimated 60 million light-years away from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on April 8, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7 inch telescope.

Web links

Commons : NGC 3485  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3485
  3. Seligman