NGC 3559
| Galaxy NGC 3559 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 10 m 45.2 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 00 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010841 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (3250 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(141 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (43.3 ± 3.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 12, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3559/3560 • UGC 6217 • PGC 33940 • CGCG 067-025 • MCG + 02-29-008 • 2MASX J11104522 + 1200580 • GC 2323 • H III 79 • | |
NGC 3559 = NGC 3560 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S / P in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 141 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 12, 1784 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 3559 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
