NGC 3595

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Galaxy
NGC 3595
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NGC 3595 [1]
NGC 3595
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 15 m 25.546 s
declination + 47 ° 26 ′ 49.31 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 12.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.6 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 176 °
Surface brightness 12.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.007262 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity 2177 ± 5 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(99 ± 7)  ·  10 6  ly
(30.4 ± 2.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date February 5, 1788
Catalog names
NGC  3595 • UGC  6280 • PGC  34325 • CGCG  242-014 • MCG  + 08-21-009 • 2MASX  J11152555 + 4726497 • GC  2349 • H  III 706 • LDCE 795 NED002 • NSA 159520 • WISEA J111525.54 + 472649.4

NGC 3595 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 99 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light-years across.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3577 and NGC 3583 .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 5, 1788 .

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 3595
  4. ↑ Seligman