NGC 3619

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Galaxy
NGC 3619
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SDSS image from NGC 3619 [1]
SDSS image of NGC 3619
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 19 m 21.560 s
declination + 57 ° 45 ′ 28.17 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SA (s) 0+:  
Brightness  (visual) 11.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 12.4 mag
Angular expansion 2.7 '× 2.3'
Position angle 57 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 3642 group
LGG 234  
Redshift 0.005204 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity (1560 ± 5) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(73 ± 5)  ·  10 6  ly
(22.4 ± 1.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date March 18, 1790
Catalog names
NGC  3619 • UGC  6330 • PGC  34641 • CGCG  291-054 • MCG  + 10-16-115 • IRAS  11164 + 5802 • 2MASX  J11192162 + 5745276 • GC  2369 • H  I 244 • h  852 • NVSS J111921 + 574524 • LDCE 867 NED012

NGC 3619 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 73 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 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 3625 .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 18, 1790 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3619  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3619
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. Seligman