Key facts
- Constellation
- Hydra
- Right ascension
- 10 36 35.6766
- Declination
- −27 ° 31 ′ 05.788 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 4075 ± 4 km/s
- Distance
- 197 Mly (60.3 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- Hydra Cluster
- Type
- E3
- Size
- ~146,400 ly (44.88 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.9 x 1.6
- Notable features
- Radio Jet
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Hydra
- Distance from Earth
- 57.68
- Image
- Color cutout hst 06554 07 wfpc2 f814w f555w pc sci NGC 3309.jpg
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- catalog code
- FLASH J103636.21-273059.6
- galaxy morphological type
- E
- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1835-03-24
- apparent magnitude
- 8.462
- Commons category
- NGC 3309
- redshift
- 0.013676
- right ascension
- 159.1485458
- declination
- -27.5184306
- radial velocity
- 4093
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 3309 is a giant elliptical galaxy located about 200 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. NGC 3309 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on March 24, 1835. The galaxy forms a pair with NGC 3311 which lies about 72,000 ly (22 kpc) away. Both galaxies dominate the center of the Hydra Cluster.
Radio Jet
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