NGC 3596
| Galaxy NGC 3596 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 15 m 06.2 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 47 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.0 '× 3.8' |
| Position angle | 138 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003979 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | (1193 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(50 ± 4) x 10 6 ly (15.2 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3596 • UGC 6277 • PGC 34298 • CGCG 096-013 • MCG + 03-29-013 • 2MASX J11150622 + 1447136 • GC 2350 • H II 102 • h 841 • LDCE 0778 NED026 | |
NGC 3596 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 50 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 8, 1784 .