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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Leo Minor
Right ascension
10 41 22
Declination
+23 ° 57 ′ 22 ″
Distance
2,860,000,000
Apparent size v
1.26' x 0.86'

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Constellation
Leo Minor
Distance from Earth
87.90
Image
NGC3327 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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redshift
0.02104
catalog code
Gaia DR2 723348535043115776
galaxy morphological type
Sb
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1785-04-10
apparent magnitude
12.168
Commons category
NGC 3327
right ascension
159.99138483392940
declination
24.09122799603770
radial velocity
6238
epoch
J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3327 is a spiral galaxy located in Leo Minor. According to galaxy morphological classification it is classified as a type SAb galaxy. It was discovered by William Herschel on the 10th of April, 1785. He described it as "very faint, small, round, gradually brighter middle, very small (faint) star attached."

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3327” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.