NGC 3556 Surfboard Galaxy
NGC 3556 is a late spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. Some key stats include:
NGC: | NGC 3556 |
Common name: | Surfboard Galaxy |
Messier: | M 108 |
Type: | galaxy |
Galaxy type: | late spiral |
Galaxy morph class: | Sc |
Constellation: | Ursa Major |
Surface brightness: | 21.7 mag/arcsec2 |
V-magnitude (visual): | 10.0 |
B-magnitude (blue): | 10.7 |
J-magnitude (IR): | 8.02 |
H-magnitude (IR): | |
K-magnitude (IR): | 7.37 |
Right Ascension: | 11:11:30.97 |
Declination: | 55:40:26.80 |
Major axis: | 3.98 ' |
Minor axis: | 1.66 ' |
Angle (major axis): | 79° |
Radial velocity: | 697 km/s |
Redshift: | 0.002328 |
Right Ascension units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination units = DD:MM:SS.SS
PN = planetary nebula