NGC 3369 | |
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Pan-STARRS image of NGC 3369 | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Hydra |
Right ascension | 10h 46m 44.6s [1] |
Declination | −25° 14′ 40″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.011965 [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 3587 km/s [1] |
Distance | 175 Mly (53.8 Mpc) [1] |
Group or cluster | Hydra Cluster |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.60 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SA0-? [1] |
Size | ~75,200 ly (23.07 kpc) (estimated) [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.4 x 0.8 [1] |
Other designations | |
ESO 501-95, MCG -4-26-9, PGC 32191 [1] |
NGC 3369 is a lenticular galaxy located about 175 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Hydra. [3] NGC 3369 was discovered by astronomer Ormond Stone in 1886 [4] [5] and is an outlying member [4] of the Hydra Cluster. [6]