NGC 3487
Galaxy NGC 3487 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lion |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 00 m 46.5 s |
declination | + 17 ° 35 ′ 15 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sb sp |
Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
Position angle | 153 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.029130 ± 0.000123 |
Radial velocity | (8733 ± 37) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(387 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (118.6 ± 8.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | March 5, 1886 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3487 • UGC 6092 • PGC 33195 • CGCG 095-089 NED01 • MCG + 03-28-047 • 2MASX J11004654 + 1735155 • LDCE 0769 NED003 |
NGC 3487 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo. It is an estimated 387 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on March 5, 1886 .