NGC 3704
| Galaxy NGC 3704 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cups |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 30 m 04.6 s |
| declination | -11 ° 32 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017602 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | (5277 ± 45) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(229 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (70.2 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | February 23, 1878 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3704 • PGC 35435 • MCG -02-29-037 • 2MASX J11300472-1132462 • | |
NGC 3704 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation cup at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 229 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on February 23, 1878 .