NGC 3490

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Galaxy
NGC 3490
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 59 m 54.4 s
declination + 09 ° 21 ′ 43 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.035535 ± 0.000143  
Radial velocity (10653 ± 43) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(471 ± 33)  ·  10 6  ly
(144.5 ± 10.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Andrew A. Common
Discovery date 1880
Catalog names
NGC  3490 • PGC  33128 • CGCG  066-080 • MCG  + 02-28-036 • 2MASX  J10595440 + 0921422 •

NGC 3490 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Leo. It is estimated to be 471 million light years from the Milky Way .

The property was discovered by Andrew Ainslie Common in 1880 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3490
  3. Seligman