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Vinony's link graph records 487 inbound references to NGC 3307, and connects out to list of stars in Hydra, NGC 3576 and epoch.

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1836, Barred spiral galaxies and Discoveries by John Herschel.

Vinony links it to 30 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Redshift
z = 0.012648750489913926
Morphology
SB
Coordinates
RA 159.0716° · Dec -27.5297°
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Key facts

Constellation
Hydra
Right ascension
10 36 17.2
Declination
−27 ° 31 ′ 47 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
3781 km/s
Distance
184 Mly (56.3 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Hydra Cluster
Type
SB(r)0/a pec?
Size
~55,800 ly (17.11 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
0.9 x 0.3

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Hydra
Image
PanSTARRS NGC 3307.jpg
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declination
-27.52968684936030
radial velocity
3614
catalog code
Gaia DR2 5468055115176854400
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1836-03-22
apparent magnitude
11.165
redshift
0.012702
right ascension
159.07155524780040
epoch
J2000.0
galaxy morphological type
S
Commons category
NGC 3307
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3307 is a lenticular galaxy located about 185 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on March 22, 1836 and is a member of the Hydra Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3307” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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