NGC 3601
| Galaxy NGC 3601 |
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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 33.3 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 06 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) off? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 '× 0.5' |
| Surface brightness | 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.026215 ± 0.000210 |
| Radial velocity | 7859 ± 63 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(346 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (106.1 ± 7.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 22, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3601 • UGC 6282 • PGC 34335 • CGCG 039-091 • MCG + 01-29-024 • 2MASX J11153331 + 0506554 • GALEX ASC J111533.29 + 050655.0 • SIG 608 | |
NGC 3601 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 346 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across.
The galaxy NGC 3604 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 22, 1865 .