NGC 3600
| Galaxy NGC 3600 |
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![NGC 3600 [1] Hubble Space Telescope](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_3600_hst_05446_09042_R814G606B450.png)
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| NGC 3600 Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 15 m 52.010 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 35 ′ 27.70 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.002398 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 719 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(33 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (10.11 ± 0.72) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 14, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3600 • UGC 6283 • PGC 34353 • CGCG 213-038 • MCG + 07-23-038 • IRAS 11130 + 4152 • KUG 1113 + 418 • 2MASX J11155197 + 4135289 • Mrk 1443 • GC 2353 • H II 709 • h 842 • GALEX ASC J111552.03 + 413526.0 • LDCE 867 NED009 | |
NGC 3600 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is around 33 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 light years .
The object was discovered on January 14, 1788 by the astronomer William Herschel with his 18.7-inch telescope .
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