NGC 3501
| Galaxy NGC 3501 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 02 m 47.3 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 59 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 27 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003769 ± 0.000004 |
| Radial velocity | 1130 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(47 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.5 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | April 23, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3501 • UGC 6116 • PGC 33343 • CGCG 095-097 • MCG + 03-28-051 • 2MASX J11024730 + 1759223 • NVSS J110247 + 175913 • HOLM 224B • LDCE 778 NED017 | |
NGC 3501 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic. It is an estimated 47 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly. Together with NGC 3507 , it forms the galaxy pair Holm 224 .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 3487 .
The object was discovered on April 23, 1881 by the astronomer Édouard Stephan .
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