NGC 3609
| Galaxy NGC 3609 |
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![NGC 3609 with LEDA 34516 (o) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3609_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 3609 with LEDA 34516 (o) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 17 m 50.616 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 37 ′ 32.86 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 1.0' |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1185 |
| Redshift | 0.026959 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 8082 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(359 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (110.2 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm of Struve |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1869 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3609 • UGC 6310 • PGC 34511 • CGCG 156-050 • MCG + 05-27-043 • 2MASX J11175059 + 2637332 • GALEX ASC J111750.45 + 263732.6 • NVSS J111750 + 263731 • HOLM 241A | |
NGC 3609 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type Sab in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 359 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 3612 and PGC 34516 , it forms the galaxy trio Holm 241 .
The object was discovered on March 18, 1869 by Otto Wilhelm von Struve .
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