NGC 3662

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Galaxy
NGC 3662
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NGC 3662 [1]
NGC 3662
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 23 m 46.460 s
declination -01 ° 06 ′ 17.50 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (r) bc / pec  
Brightness  (visual) 12.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 '× 0.8'
Position angle 25 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018606 ± 0.000137  
Radial velocity 5578 ± 41 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(244 ± 17)  ·  10 6  ly
(74.7 ± 5.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date February 22, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  3662 • UGC  6408 • PGC  34996 • CGCG  011-086 • MCG  + 00-29-025 • IRAS  11211-0049 • 2MASX  J11234646-0106176 • GC  2403 • H  IV 4 • h  879 • WISEA J112346.44-010617.5

NGC 3662 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb / P in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 244 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years across.

The Type Ia supernova SN 2015bd was observed here.

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 22nd, 1784 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3662  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3662
  4. ↑ Simbad
  5. ↑ Seligman