NGC 3605
| Galaxy NGC 3605 |
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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 16 m 46.6 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 01 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E4-5 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 'x 0.9' |
| Position angle | 12 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3607 group WBL 319 |
| Redshift | 0.002205 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 661 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(27 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (8.13 ± 0.57) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 14, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3605 • UGC 6295 • PGC 34415 • CGCG 096-019 • MCG + 03-29-019 • 2MASX J11164662 + 1801017 • GC 2356 • H III 27 • h 844 • GALEX ASC J111646.69 + 180101.7 • LDCE 778 NED028 • HOLM 240C | |
NGC 3605 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy from the Hubble type E4 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 27 million light years from the Milky Way and about 10,000 light years across. Together with NGC 3607 and NGC 3608 , it forms the galaxy trio Holm 240 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 14, 1784 .
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