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galaxy

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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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.