NGC 3583
Galaxy NGC 3583 |
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NGC 3583 with SDSS J111415.42 + 481934.2 (right), taken by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Big Bear |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 14 m 10.890 s |
declination | + 48 ° 19 ′ 06.67 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (s) b |
Brightness (visual) | 11.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
Position angle | 125 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.007125 ± 0.000020 |
Radial velocity | 2136 ± 6 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(98 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (29.9 ± 2.1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | John Herschel |
Discovery date | February 5, 1788 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3583 • UGC 6263 • PGC 34232 • CGCG 242-012 • MCG + 08-21-008 • IRAS 11113 + 4835 • 2MASX J11141097 + 4819061 • GC 2339 • H II 728 • LDCE 0795 NED001 • NVSS J111410 + 481907 • WISEA J111410 .92 + 481906.8 |
NGC 3583 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Great Bear. It is estimated to be 98 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light-years across. Together with SDSS J111415.42 + 481934.2 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair .
The galaxies NGC 3577 and NGC 3595 are in the same area of the sky .
The Type I supernova SN 1975P was observed here.
The object was discovered on February 5, 1788 by the astronomer John Herschel .