NGC 3566
Galaxy NGC 3565 / NGC 3566 |
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Galaxy pair NGC 3565 + NGC 3566 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | cups |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 11 m 18.7 s |
declination | -21 ° 02 ′ 20 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB0-? pec |
Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 129 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.012505 ± 0.000150 |
Radial velocity | (3749 ± 45) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(159 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.9 ± 3.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Ormond Stone |
Discovery date | 1886 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3566 • PGC 33701 • ESO 570-008 • |
NGC 3566 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E / SB0 in the constellation Goblet. It is an estimated 159 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with NGC 3565 , it forms an interacting galaxy pair.
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .