NGC 3660
| Galaxy NGC 3660 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 23 m 32.3 s |
| declination | -08 ° 39 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) bc; HII Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 2.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012285 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (3683 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(158 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.4 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 22, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3660 • UGC A 234 • PGC 34980 • CGCG 096-038 • MCG -01-29-016 • IRAS 11210-0823 • 2MASX J11233229-0839308 • Mrk 1291 • GC 2401 • H II 635 • | |
NGC 3660 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Becher. It is an estimated 158 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 22nd, 1787 .