Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.004262024558304711
- Morphology
- SABc
- Coordinates
- RA 161.7670° · Dec 17.2737°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Constellation
- Leo
- Right ascension
- 10 47 04.0832
- Declination
- +17 ° 16 ′ 25.603 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1279 ± 4 km/ s
- Distance
- 78 Mly (23.91 Mpc ) h , 0.6774 , ( Light-travel )
- Group or cluster
- NGC 3370 Group
- Type
- SA(s)c III
- Size
- 49,930 to 77,270 ly , (15.31 to 23.69 kpc ) , ( diameter ; 2MASS K-band total and D 25.0 B-band isophotes )
- Apparent size v
- 3.2 ′ × 1.8 ′
- Notable features
- Dusty
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 3370 (also known as UGC 5887 or Silverado Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 82.2 ± 5.9 million light-years (25.2 ± 1.8 megaparsecs) away in the constellation Leo. It is nearly comparable to our Milky Way both in diameter with a D25 isophotal size about 77,300 ly (23.69 kpc) comparing to the Milky Way Galaxy's 87,400 ly (26.8 kpc) diameter, and as well as in mass (10 M☉). NGC 3370 exhibits an intricate spiral arm structure surrounding a poorly defined nucleus. It is a member of the NGC 3370 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Leo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q587703” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.