NGC 3654

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Galaxy
NGC 3654
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AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 24 m 10.7 s
declination + 69 ° 24 ′ 47 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 12.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 '× 0.6'
Position angle 21 °
Surface brightness 12.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.005237 ± 0.000030  
Radial velocity (1570 ± 9) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(75 ± 5)  x  10 6  ly
(23.1 ± 1.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 6, 1793
Catalog names
NGC  3654 • UGC  6407 • PGC  35025 • CGCG  334-029 • MCG  + 12-11-022 • 2MASX  J11223905 + 3745541 • GC  2395 • H  II 880 • LDCE 0806 NED002

NGC 3654 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S? in the constellation Great Bear in the north star sky . It is estimated to be 75 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on April 6, 1793 by Wilhelm Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3654
  3. Seligman