NGC 3599 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Leo |
Right ascension | 11h 15m 26.949s[1] |
Declination | +18° 06′ 37.43″[1] |
Redshift | 0.002699[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 808 ± 27 km/s[1] |
Distance | 67 Mly (20.4 Mpc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.178 |
Characteristics | |
Type | SA0:[2] |
Other designations | |
UGC 6281, MCG +03-29-015, PGC 34326[1] |
NGC 3599 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel on March 14, 1784.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "NGC 3599". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- 1 2 Sil'Chenko, O. K.; Moiseev, A. V.; Shulga, A. P. (2010). "Lenticular Galaxies at the Outskirts of the Leo Ii Group: NGC 3599 and NGC 3626". The Astronomical Journal. 140 (5): 1462–1474. arXiv:1010.2716. Bibcode:2010AJ....140.1462S. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/5/1462. S2CID 119224609.
- ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3500 - 3549". cseligman.com.
External links
- Media related to NGC 3599 at Wikimedia Commons
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