NGC 3589

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Galaxy
NGC 3589
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NGC 3589 [1]
NGC 3589
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 15 m 13.330 s
declination + 60 ° 41 ′ 59.70 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sd:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 0.8′3
Position angle 107 °
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.006568 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 1969 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(92 ± 7)  x  10 6  ly
(28.2 ± 2.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 9, 1793
Catalog names
NGC  3589 • UGC  6275 • PGC  34308 • CGCG  291-046 • MCG  + 10-16-096 • IRAS  F11121 + 6058 • 2MASX  i J1115133 + 604159 • GC  2344 • H  III 921 • h  839 • SDSS J111513.51 + 604203.3

NGC 3589 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 92 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered on April 9, 1793 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3589
  4. ↑ Seligman