NGC 3610
| Galaxy NGC 3610 |
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![NGC 3610 [1] Hubble Space Telescope](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:A_young_elliptical.jpg)
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| NGC 3610 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 18 m 25.273 s |
| declination | + 58 ° 47 ′ 10.62 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) 0 ^ 0 ^ pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 2.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 144 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3642 group LGG 234 |
| Redshift | 0.005694 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1707 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(80 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.5 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1793 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3610 • UGC 6319 • PGC 34566 • CGCG 291-048 • MCG + 10-16-107 • 2MASX J11182527 + 5847104 • GC 2360 • H I 270 • h 847 • GALEX ASC J111825.22 + 584709.7 • LDCE 867 NED010 | |
NGC 3610 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E5 in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 80 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light-years across. Together with four other galaxies, it is a member of the NGC 3642 group ( LGG 234 )
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3613 and NGC 3642 .
The object was discovered on April 8, 1793 by the astronomer William Herschel with a 48 cm telescope.
Web links
- aswtronews.de: Picture of the day November 17th, 2015
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database