Astronomy:NGC 3558

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major
NGC 3558
Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 3558 in the lower left, and galaxy LEDA 83465 in the upper right.jpg
HST image of NGC 3558 and LEDA 83465.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension 11h 10m 55.9s[1]
Declination28° 32′ 38″[1]
Redshift0.032139[1]
Helio radial velocity9635 km/s[1]
Distance440 Mly (135 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterAbell 1185
Apparent magnitude (V)14.3[1]
Characteristics
TypeE2,[2] S0p[1]
Size~170,000 ly (53 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)0.97 x 0.86[1]
Other designations
CGCG 155-89, CGCG 156-10, MCG 5-27-8, Mrk 422, PGC 33960[1]

NGC 3558 is an elliptical[2][3] or a lenticular galaxy located 440 million light-years away[4] in the constellation Ursa Major.[5] It was discovered by the astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on April 15, 1866.[6] It is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 1185[7] and is classified as a LINER galaxy.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3558. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 3558". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+3558&QueryType=ned. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "HyperLeda -object description". http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?PGC+033960++++++++++++++++++++. 
  4. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+3558&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. 
  5. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3558". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC3558. 
  6. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3550 - 3599". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc35a.htm#3558. 
  7. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+3558&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. 
    - "NGC 3558". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC++3558&NbIdent=query_hlinks&Coord=11+10+55.843+28+32+37.44&parents=3&submit=parents&hlinksdisplay=h_all. 
    - "Hierarchy catalogue". http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/fG.cgi?n=a104&o=NGC3558. 

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