NGC 3617
| Galaxy NGC 3617 |
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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 17 m 50.8 s |
| declination | -26 ° 08 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 147 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007228 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | (2167 ± 8) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(88 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (27.1 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 22, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3606 • UGC A 231 • PGC 34513 • ESO 503-012 • MCG -04-27-008 • 2MASX J11175085-2608040 • LDCE 0811 NED001 | |
NGC 3617 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Hydra at the southern sky, the 88 million light-years from an estimated Milky Way is removed.
The celestial object was discovered on March 22, 1836 by the American astronomer John Herschel .