NGC 3455

galaxy

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Vinony's link graph records 452 inbound references to NGC 3455, and connects out to NGC 3576, luminous infrared galaxy and starburst galaxy.

It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1784, Intermediate spiral galaxies and Leo (constellation).

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: GiP
Distance: 12,598 light-years
Redshift: z = 0.0036793093009512834
Morphology: SABb
Coordinates: RA 163.6296° · Dec 17.2847°

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Key facts

Constellation: Leo
Right ascension: 10 54 31.066
Declination: +17 ° 17 ′ 04.59 ″
Distance: 65 million ly
Type: SABb

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: intermediate spiral galaxy
Constellation: Leo
Distance from Earth: 14.32
Image: NGC 3455 Hubble WikiSky.jpg

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galaxy morphological type: Sb
radial velocity: 999
epoch: J2000.0
catalog code: LEDA 32767
Commons category: NGC 3455
time of discovery or invention: 1784-00-00
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
apparent magnitude: 10.387
redshift: 0.003676
right ascension: 163.62954819639310
declination: 17.28470821087900
parallax: 3.2494
right ascension component of proper motion: -0.873
declination component of proper motion: 2.061

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3455 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located 65 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo. It is a member of the NGC 3370 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Leo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster.

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