NGC 3566
| Galaxy NGC 3565 / NGC 3566 |
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| Galaxy pair NGC 3565 + NGC 3566 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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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 |
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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 .