NGC 3497
| Galaxy NGC 3497 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 07 m 18.1 s |
| declination | -19 ° 28 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) 0 ^ 0 ^: LINER? |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 59 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012248 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | (3672 ± 25) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(156 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.8 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 8, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3497/3525/3528 • IC 2624 • PGC 33667 • ESO 570- G 006 • MCG -03-28-037 • 2MASX J11071805-1928175 • GC 2281 • H III 824 • LDCE 0729 NED208 | |
NGC 3497 = NGC 3525 = NGC 3528 = IC 2624 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Becher in the southern sky . It is an estimated 156 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 8, 1790 .