NGC 3488
| Galaxy NGC 3488 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 01 m 23.6 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 40 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009987 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 2994 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(137 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (42.0 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1793 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3488 • UGC 6096 • PGC 33242 • CGCG 291-022 • MCG + 10-16-045 • IRAS 10583 + 5756 • 2MASX J11012353 + 5740389 • GC 2275 • H I 269 • h 803 • | |
NGC 3488 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Great Bear. It is estimated to be 137 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 8, 1793 .