NGC 3487
| Galaxy NGC 3487 |
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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 | 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 |
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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 .