NGC 3499
| Galaxy NGC 3499 |
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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 03 m 11.0 s |
| declination | + 56 ° 13 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a / RET |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005120 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1535 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(72 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (22.0 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3499 • UGC 6115 • PGC 33375 • CGCG 267-037 / 291-024 • MCG + 09-18-080 • 2MASX J11031110 + 5613179 • GC 2283 • H III 793 • LDCE 0867 NED006 | |
NGC 3499 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 772 million light-years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 17, 1789 .