NGC 3517
| Galaxy NGC 3517 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 05 m 36.8 s |
| declination | + 56 ° 31 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027385 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | (8210 ± 50) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(370 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (113.4 ± 8.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 7, 1793 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3517 • UGC 6144 • PGC 33532 • ESO 570-001 • MCG + 10-16-057 • 2MASX J11053683 + 5631296 • GC 2299 • H II 884 • h 817 • LDCE 0729 NED206 | |
NGC 3517 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb and is located in the constellation Ursa Major north of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 370 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 7, 1793 .
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