NGC 3594
| Galaxy NGC 3594 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 11 h 16 m 14.0 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 42 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 1.2' |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020871 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | (6257 ± 25) km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(283 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.7 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3594 • UGC 6286 • PGC 34374 • CGCG 267-058 / 268-011 • MCG + 09-19-022 • 2MASX J11161400 + 5542150 • GC 2348 • H III 770 • | |
NGC 3594 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Great Bear. It is estimated to be 283 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 14, 1789 .