NGC 3599
| Galaxy NGC 3599 |
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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 26.9 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 06 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0: / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 '× 2.1' |
| Position angle | 99 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.002799 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (839 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(35 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (10.6 ± 0.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 14, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3599 • UGC 6281 • PGC 34326 • CGCG 096-015 • MCG + 03-29-015 • 2MASX J11152695 + 1806373 • GC 2352 • H II 49 • h 843 • LDCE 0778 NED027 | |
NGC 3599 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 35 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 14, 1784 .