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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.007133695028214593
Morphology
SAB
Coordinates
RA 168.5457° · Dec 48.3184°
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Key facts

Constellation
Ursa Major
Right ascension
11 14 10.9
Declination
48 ° 19 ′ 07 ″
Redshift
0.007022 ± 0.000010
Heliocentric radial velocity
2,105 ± 3 km / s
Distance
90.5 ± 10.2 Mly (27.7 ± 3.1 Mpc )
Type
SB(s)b
Apparent size v
3.04 ′ × 1.16 ′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3583 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It is located at a distance of circa 90 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3583 is about 85,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on February 5, 1788.

Characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3583” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.