NGC 3568
| Galaxy NGC 3568 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 10 m 48.6 s |
| declination | -3726 ° 52 ′ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 7 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 229 |
| Redshift | 0.008152 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (2444 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(100 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (30.6 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3568 • PGC 33952 • ESO 377-020 • MCG -06-25-009 • 2MASX J11104858-3726523 • GC 2329 • h 3321 • LDCE 0783 NED008 | |
NGC 3568 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 100 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 21, 1835 .