NGC 3580
Galaxy NGC 3580 |
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NGC 3580 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lion |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 13 m 15.926 s |
declination | + 03 ° 39 ′ 26.38 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SA0 ^ 0 ^ |
Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 177 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | isolated |
Redshift | 0.022709 ± 0.000173 |
Radial velocity | 6808 ± 52 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(299 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (91.7 ± 6.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Ernst WL Temple |
Discovery date | 1876 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3580 • PGC 34159 • CGCG 039-075 • MCG + 01-29-018 • 2MASX J11131591 + 0339265 • GALEX ASC J111316.00 + 033928.0 • NSA 30335 • WISEA J111315.92 + 033926.5 |
NGC 3580 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 299 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered in 1876 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .