NGC 3369 is a lenticular galaxy located about 175 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. NGC 3369 was discovered by astronomer Ormond Stone in 1886 and is an outlying member of the Hydra Cluster.
Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Hydra
NGC 3369
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- Constellation
- Hydra
- Right ascension
- 10h 46m 44.6s
- Declination
- −25° 14′ 40″
- Redshift
- 0.011965
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 3587 km/s
- Distance
- 175 Mly (53.8 Mpc)
- Group or cluster
- Hydra Cluster
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- 14.60
- Type
- SA0-?
- Size
- ~75,200 ly (23.07 kpc) (estimated)
- Apparent size (V)
- 1.4 x 0.8
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