NGC 3588

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Galaxy
NGC 3588
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 14 m 02.7 s
declination + 20 ° 23 ′ 19 ″
Appearance
Morphological type 1: S?
2: S0  
Brightness  (visual) 1: 14.4 mag
2: 15.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 1: 15.3 mag
2: 16.0 mag
Angular expansion 1: 0.5 '× 0.3'
2: 0.3 '× 0.2'
Position angle 1: 150 °
2: 110 °
Surface brightness 1: 12.2 mag / arcmin²
2: 11.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.026852  
Radial velocity 8050 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(357 ± 25)  x  10 6  ly
(109.4 ± 7.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date April 26, 1883
Catalog names
NGC  3588 • UGC  6264 • PGC  34219 • CGCG  126-011 • MCG  + 04-27-009 •

NGC 3588 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 357 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 26, 1883 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3588
  3. Seligman