Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.002228
- Morphology
- SA0
- Coordinates
- RA 169.1941° · Dec 18.0172°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Leo
- Right ascension
- 11 16 46.622
- Declination
- +18 ° 01 ′ 01.71 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 667 ± 29 km/s
- Distance
- 66 Mly (20.1 Mpc )
- Absolute magnitude v
- − 19.36
- Type
- E4-5
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 20.70
- Image
- NGC3605 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 34415
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-03-14
- apparent magnitude
- 11.912
- galaxy morphological type
- SA0
- Commons category
- NGC 3605
- right ascension
- 169.1942583
- declination
- 18.0171417
- radial velocity
- 667
- redshift
- 0.002228
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 3605 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It was discovered on March 14, 1784, by the astronomer William Herschel.
A relatively low-mass galaxy, it is a member of the Leo II Group of galaxies, including NGC 3607 among others.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3605” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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