Astronomy:NGC 3402
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Hydra
| NGC 3402 | |
|---|---|
 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] |
| Size | 194,400 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]
See also
Notes
- ↑ RC3 D0 (blue) values used.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "NED results for object NGC 3402". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+3402&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ "NGC 3402". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3402.
- ↑ Frommert, Hartmut. "NGC 3402". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?NGC3402.
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3400 - 3449". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc34.htm#3402.
- ↑ "NAME NGC 3402 Group". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NAME+NGC+3402+Group.
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