NGC 3614
| Galaxy NGC 3614 |
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| NGC 3614 & PGC 34562 imaged with the 81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory | |
| 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 21.3 s |
| declination | + 45 ° 44 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.6 ′ × 2.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 104 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007782 +/- 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 2333 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(106 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (32.4 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 5, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3614 • UGC 6318 • PGC 34561 • CGCG 242-019 • MCG + 08-21-15 • IRAS 11155 + 4601 • 2MASX J11182139 + 4544538 • GC 2363 • H II 729 • h 850 • LDCE 0795 NED003 | |
NGC 3614 is the name of a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SAB (r) c in the constellation Great Bear . It is an estimated 106 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 145,000 ly. It forms an optical duo with the galaxy PGC 34562 .
The object was discovered on February 5, 1788 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7-inch reflecting telescope.