NGC 3673
| Galaxy NGC 3673 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 25 m 12.8 s |
| declination | -26 ° 44 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.7 ′ × 2.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 73 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006464 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1938 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(78 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.0 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 22, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3673 • UGC A 236 • PGC 35097 • MCG -04-27-010 • 2MASX J11251284-2644121 • LDCE 0811 NED002 | |
NGC 3673 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SBb in the constellation Aquarius. It is an estimated 78 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 22, 1836 .