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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Hydra
Right ascension
10 36 11.7
Declination
−27 ° 09 ′ 44 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
3927 km/s
Distance
190 Mly (58.3 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Hydra Cluster
Type
E0
Size
~70,900 ly (21.74 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.1 x 1.1

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3305 is an elliptical galaxy located about 190 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on March 24, 1835. NGC 3305 is a member of the Hydra Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3305” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.