NGC 3580

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Galaxy
NGC 3580
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NGC 3580 [1]
NGC 3580
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3580
  4. Seligman