| NGC 3402 | |
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 Pan-STARRS image of NGC 3402/NGC 3411 | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Hydra |
| Right ascension | 10h 50m 26.104s[1] |
| Declination | −12° 50′ 42.26″[1] |
| Redshift | 4579 km/s[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 0.015274[2] |
| Distance | 305.42 ± 88.60 Mly (93.643 ± 27.165 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.74[2] |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | −23.05 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | cD[2] |
| Size | 194,400 ly (59,610 pc)[2][note 1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.1′ × 2.1′[2] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 3411,MCG -02-28-012,PGC 32479[3] | |
NGC 3402,[2][4] also known asNGC 3411, is anelliptical galaxy in theconstellationHydra. The object was discovered on March 25, 1786 by German-British astronomerWilliam Herschel.[5] NGC 3402 is the largest galaxy in the eponymous NGC 3402 cluster.[6]
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