NGC 3669

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Galaxy
NGC 3669
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NGC 3669 [1] SDSS image
NGC 3669 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 25 m 26.760 s
declination + 57 ° 43 ′ 16.50 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SBcd: / sp  
Brightness  (visual) 12.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.1 mag
Angular expansion 2 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 153 °
Surface brightness 12.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 3613 group
LGG 232  
Redshift 0.006471 ± 0.000037  
Radial velocity 1940 ± 11 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(90 ± 6)  x  10 6  ly
(27.7 ± 1.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date March 18, 1790
Catalog names
NGC  3669 • UGC  6431 • PGC  35113 • CGCG  291-067 • MCG  + 10-16-135 • IRAS  11226 + 5759 • 2MASX  J11252681 + 5743161 • GC  2408 • H  II 829 • h  883 • NVSS J112526 + 574312 • LDCE 867 NED017

NGC 3669 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 90 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light-years across. Together with three other galaxies, it is a member of the NGC 3613 group ( LGG 232 ).
The galaxy NGC 3674 is located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by William Herschel on March 18, 1790 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3669
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. ↑ Seligman