NGC 3606
| Galaxy NGC 3606 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 16 m 15.6 s |
| declination | -33 ° 49 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 168 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010047 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | (3012 ± 21) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(126 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.5 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 20, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3606 • PGC 34378 • ESO 377-032 • MCG -05-27-004 • 2MASX J11161564-3349386 • LDCE 0794 NED003 | |
NGC 3606 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Hydra at the southern sky, the 126 million light-years from an estimated Milky Way is removed.
The celestial object was discovered on April 20, 1835 by the American astronomer John Herschel .