NGC 3667

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Galaxy
NGC 3667
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NGC 3667 PanS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation cups
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 24 m 17.0 s
declination -13 ° 51 ′ 26 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SA (rs) from  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 13.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 1.1 ′
Position angle 85 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.017849 ± 0.000030  
Radial velocity (5351 ± 9) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(232 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(71.1 ± 5.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date March 27, 1786
Catalog names
NGC  3667 • PGC  35028 • MCG  -02-29-025 • 2MASX  J11241702-1351259 • GC  2406 • H  III 531 • h  3340 • LDCE 0812 NED002

NGC 3667 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation cup. It is an estimated 232 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 27, 1786 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3667
  3. Seligman