NGC 3666
| Galaxy NGC 3666 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 24 m 26.1 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 20 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) c: |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4,4 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 100 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003536 ± 0.000004 |
| Radial velocity | 1060 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(43 ± 3) · 10 6 ly (13.3 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3666 • UGC 6420 • PGC 35043 • CGCG 067-071 • MCG + 02-29-025 • IRAS 11218 + 1137 • 2MASX J11242608 + 1120312 • GC 2405 • H I-20 • h 882 • HIPASS J1124 + 11 • LDCE 778 NED038 | |
NGC 3666 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 43 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies IC 2792 , IC 2797 , IC 2807 , IC 2812 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with his 18.7-inch telescope .
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