NGC 3402

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NGC 3402
NGC 3411 PanS.jpg
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 3402/NGC 3411
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Hydra
Right ascension 10h 50m 26.104s [1]
Declination −12° 50′ 42.26″ [1]
Redshift 4579 km/s [2]
Helio radial velocity 0.015274 [2]
Distance 305.42 ± 88.60  Mly (93.643 ± 27.165  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)11.74 [2]
Absolute magnitude  (V)−23.05
Characteristics
Type cD [2]
Size194,400  ly (59,610  pc) [2] [note 1]
Apparent size  (V)2.1′ × 2.1′ [2]
Other designations
NGC 3411, MCG -02-28-012, PGC 32479 [3]

NGC 3402, [2] [4] also known as NGC 3411, is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Hydra. The object was discovered on March 25, 1786 by German-British astronomer William Herschel. [5] NGC 3402 is the largest galaxy in the eponymous NGC 3402 cluster. [6]

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Notes

  1. ↑ RC3 D0 (blue) values used.

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NED results for object NGC 3402". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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  4. ↑ Frommert, Hartmut. "NGC 3402". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  5. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3400 - 3449". cseligman.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "NAME NGC 3402 Group". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.


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