NGC 3367

galaxy

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Vinony's link graph records 454 inbound references to NGC 3367, and connects out to NGC 3576, light-year and parsec.

Vinony files it under 4C objects, Astronomical objects discovered in 1784 and Barred spiral galaxies.

Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Constellation: Leo
Right ascension: 10 46 35.0
Declination: +13 ° 45 ′ 03 ″
Redshift: 0.010142 +/- 0.000024
Heliocentric radial velocity: 3040 ± 7 km / s
Distance: 113 ± 22 Mly (34.8 ± 6.7 Mpc )
Type: SB(rs)c
Size: 30 kpc (97,800 ly ) ( diameter; D 25 isophote )
Apparent size v: 2.5 ′ × 2.4 ′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: spiral galaxy
Constellation: Leo
Distance from Earth: 49.3
Image: NGC 3367 - Sn1992c a.jpg

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catalog code: Gaia DR2 3884950274607519232
Commons category: NGC 3367
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1784-03-19
apparent magnitude: 11.784
epoch: J2000.0
radial velocity: 2953
galaxy morphological type: SBc
right ascension: 161.64564200611530
declination: 13.75085670313010
redshift: 0.00990

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3367 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It is located at a distance of about 120 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3367 is about 98,000 light years across. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on March 19, 1784.

Characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3367” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.