NGC 3562
| Galaxy NGC 3562 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 12 m 58.7 s |
| declination | + 72 ° 52 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 16 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022509 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | (6748 ± 31) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(307 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (94.2 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 3, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3562 • UGC 6242 • PGC 34134 • CGCG 334-013 • MCG + 12-11-011 • 2MASX J11120804 + 3527072 • GC 2325 • H II 337 • h 830 • LDCE 0796 NED002 | |
NGC 3562 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is estimated to be 307 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 3, 1785 .