NGC 3558
| Galaxy NGC 3558 |
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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 10 m 55.9 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 32 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0p |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 138 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1185 |
| Redshift | 0.032139 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | (9635 ± 23) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(429 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (131.6 ± 9.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 15, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3558 • PGC 33960 • CGCG 155-089 / 156-010 • MCG + 05-27-008 • 2MASX J11105584 + 2832374 • Mrk 422 • LDCE 0784 NED001 | |
NGC 3558 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 429 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on April 15, 1866 .