NGC 3564

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Galaxy
NGC 3564
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NGC 3564 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation centaur
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 10 m 36.4 s
declination -37 ° 32 ′ 51 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0: sp  
Brightness  (visual) 12.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.7 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 15 °
Surface brightness 12.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 229  
Redshift 0.009513 ± 0.000063  
Radial velocity (2852 ± 19) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(118 ± 8)  ·  10 6  ly
(36.2 ± 2.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date April 21, 1835
Catalog names
NGC  3564 • PGC  33923 • ESO  377-018 • MCG  -06-25-006 • 2MASX  J11103639-3732513 • GC  2327 • h  3320 • LDCE 0783 NED007

NGC 3564 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 118 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 21, 1835 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3564
  3. Seligman