NGC 3305

NGC 3305 is an elliptical galaxy located about 190 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Hydra.[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on March 24, 1835.[4][5] NGC 3305 is a member of the Hydra Cluster.[6]

NGC 3305
Image of NGC 3305 by PanSTARRS.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hydra
Right ascension	10^h 36^m 11.7^s[1]
Declination	−27° 09′ 44″[1]
Redshift	0.013099[1]
Helio radial velocity	3927 km/s[1]
Distance	190 Mly (58.3 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	Hydra Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.77[1]
Characteristics
Type	E0[1]
Size	~70,900 ly (21.74 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.1 x 1.1[1]
Other designations
ESO 501-30, MCG -4-25-31, PGC 31421[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (3001–4000)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3305. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
3. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3305". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
4. Gottlieb, Steve. "Astronomy-Mall: Adventures In Deep Space NGC objects 3001-3999". Astronomy-Mall. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3300 - 3349". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
6. Richter, O.-G. (February 1989). "The Hydra I cluster of galaxies. V - A catalogue of galaxies in the cluster area" (PDF). Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 77: 237–256. Bibcode:1989A&AS...77..237R.

External links

• NGC 3305 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images