NGC 3668
| Galaxy NGC 3668 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 25 m 30.4 s |
| declination | + 63 ° 26 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc / LLIRG |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 '× 1.3' |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 238 |
| Redshift | 0.011701 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (3508 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(161 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.4 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 20, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3668 • UGC 6430 • PGC 35123 • CGCG 314-026 • MCG + 11-14-023 • 2MASX J11253042 + 6326464 • GC 2407 • H II 845 • h 880 • LDCE 0816 NED001 | |
NGC 3668 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Ursa Major. It is an estimated 161 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 20, 1790 .
Web links
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