NGC 3369

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NGC 3369
NGC 3369 PanS.jpg
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 3369
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Hydra
Right ascension 10h 46m 44.6s [1]
Declination −25° 14′ 40″ [1]
Redshift 0.011965 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 3587 km/s [1]
Distance 175  Mly (53.8  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Hydra Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.60 [1]
Characteristics
Type SA0-? [1]
Size~75,200  ly (23.07  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.4 x 0.8 [1]
Other designations
ESO 501-95, MCG -4-26-9, PGC 32191 [1]

NGC 3369 is a lenticular galaxy located about 175 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Hydra. [3] NGC 3369 was discovered by astronomer Ormond Stone in 1886 [4] [5] and is an outlying member [4] of the Hydra Cluster. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3369. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  3. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3369". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  4. 1 2 Gottlieb, Steve. "Astronomy-Mall: Adventures In Deep Space NGC objects 3001-3999". Astronomy-Mall. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  5. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3350 - 3399". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  6. ↑ Richter, O.-G. (February 1989). "The Hydra I cluster of galaxies. V - A catalogue of galaxies in the cluster area". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 77: 237–256. Bibcode:1989A&AS...77..237R.


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