NGC 3626

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Galaxy
NGC 3626 / NGC 3632
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NGC 3626 [1] SDSS image
NGC 3626 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 20 m 03.811 s
declination + 18 ° 21 ′ 24.62 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a  
Brightness  (visual) 10.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 11.8 mag
Angular expansion 2.7 ′ × 1.9 ′
Position angle 157 °
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 3607 group
NGC 3626 group
NGC 3686 group
LGG 237  
Redshift 0.004980 ± 0.000013  
Radial velocity (1493 ± 4) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(64 ± 5)  ·  10 6  ly
(19.6 ± 1.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date February 15, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  3626 • NGC 3632 • UGC  6343 • PGC  34684 • CGCG  096-029 • MCG  + 03-29-032 • 2MASX  J11200379 + 1821244 • GC  2376/2382 • H  II 52 / II 30 • h  856 • NVSS J112003 + 182125 • LDCE 778 NED033

NGC 3626 = NGC 3632 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 64 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across. Together with eleven other galaxies, it forms the NGC 3686 group (LGG 237) .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3607 , NGC 3608 , NGC 3639 , IC 685 .

The object was discovered by William Herschel on February 15, 1784 and recorded as NGC 3626 . It was discovered again by the same researcher on March 14, 1784 and described as NGC 3632 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3626  - 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 3626
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. ↑ Seligman