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elliptical galaxy in the constellation Hydra

Key facts

Constellation
Hydra
Right ascension
10 50 26.104
Declination
−12 ° 50 ′ 42.26 ″
Redshift
4579 km/s
Distance
305.42 ± 88.60 Mly (93.643 ± 27.165 Mpc )
Absolute magnitude v
−23.05
Type
cD
Size
194,400 ly (59,610 pc )
Apparent size v
2.1′ × 2.1′

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Hydra
Distance from Earth
75.93
Image
NGC 3411 PanS.jpg
Said to be same as
NGC 3411
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catalog code
LEDA 32479
galaxy morphological type
E
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1786-03-25
apparent magnitude
8.919
redshift
0.016668
right ascension
162.6087667
declination
-12.8450722
radial velocity
4579
epoch
J2000.0
Commons category
NGC 3402
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3402, also known as NGC 3411, is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Hydra. The object was discovered on March 25, 1786 by German-British astronomer William Herschel. NGC 3402 is the largest galaxy in the eponymous NGC 3402 cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3402” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.