NGC 3653
Galaxy NGC 3653 |
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SDSS image from NGC 3653 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lion |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 22 m 30.1 s |
declination | + 24 ° 16 ′ 45 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
Position angle | 79 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.029694 ± 0.000067 |
Radial velocity | (8902 ± 20) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(396 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (121.4 ± 8.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | April 10, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3653 • PGC 34905 • CGCG 126-044 • MCG + 04-27-029 • 2MASX J11223008 + 2416457 • HCG 51C • GC 2393 • H III 336 • h 872 • HOLM 249B |
NGC 3653 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo. It is estimated to be 396 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 10, 1785 .