NGC 3544
| Galaxy NGC 3540 / NGC 3571 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 11 h 10 m 56.5 s |
| declination | -18 ° 17 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SAB: (rs) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 94 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012472 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (3739 ± 7) km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(159 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.8 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 8, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3544/3571 • PGC 34028 • ESO 570-011 • MCG -03-29-001 • 2MASX J11113045-1817219 • GC 2330 • H II 819 • LDCE 0729 NED210 | |
NGC 3544 = NGC 3571 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Becher. It is an estimated 159 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 8, 1790 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .