NGC 3620
| Galaxy NGC 3620 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | chameleon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 16 m 04.7 s |
| declination | -76 ° 12 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'_1) SB (s) from |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 78 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005604 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | (1680 ± 30) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(66 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.3 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 31, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3606 • PGC 34366 • ESO 038-010 • MCG -05-27-004 • 2MASX J11160468-7612587 • | |
NGC 3620 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Chameleon in the southern sky, which is an estimated 66 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The celestial object was discovered on March 31, 1837 by the American astronomer John Herschel .