NGC 3540
| Galaxy NGC 3540 / NGC 3548 |
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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 09 m 16.1 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 01 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021305 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | (6387 ± 19) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(285 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.4 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 11, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3540/3548 • UGC 6196 • PGC 33806 • CGCG 185-011 • MCG + 06-25-011 • 2MASX J11091612 + 3601162 • GC 2313 • h 824 • LDCE 0787 NED001 | |
NGC 3540 = NGC 3548 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Great Bear. It is estimated to be 285 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 11, 1831 by the astronomer John Herschel .
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