Astronomy:NGC 3599
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Short description: Lenticular galaxy
| NGC 3599 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 3599 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Leo |
| Right ascension | 11h 15m 26.949s[1] |
| Declination | +18° 06′ 37.43″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.002699[1] |
| Helio 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "NGC 3599". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3599.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/5/1462. Bibcode: 2010AJ....140.1462S.
- ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3500 - 3549". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc35.htm#3599.
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