NGC 3702

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Galaxy
NGC 3702
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LEDA 998631 (top left) & NGC 3702, [1] SDSS image
LEDA 998631 (top left) & NGC 3702, SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation cups
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 30 m 13.5 s
declination -08 ° 51 ′ 46 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (r) a  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 156 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.022319 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 6691 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(292 ± 21)  ·  10 6  ly
(89.6 ± 6.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis P. Leavenworth
Discovery date 1886
Catalog names
NGC  3702 • PGC  35448 • MCG  -01-29-026 • 2MASX  J11301349-0851462 • GALEX ASC J113013.31-085144.9 • LDCE 824 NED002

NGC 3702 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation cup at the southern sky . It is an estimated 292 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3688 , NGC 3703 , IC 2910 .

The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3702  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3702
  4. Seligman