NGC 3300 | |
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![]() SDSS image of NGC 3300 | |
Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
Constellation | Leo |
Right ascension | 10h 36m 38.43673s[1] |
Declination | +14° 10′ 15.9950″[1] |
Redshift | 0.01007[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 3004 km/s[2] |
Distance | 161.6 ± 11.4 Mly (49.55 ± 3.49 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.32[4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB(r)00:?[3] |
Other designations | |
UGC 5766,MCG +02-27-030,PGC 31472[2] |
NGC 3300 is alenticular galaxy in theconstellationLeo. It was discovered by the astronomerWilliam Herschel on 19 March 1784.[5]
NGC 3300 is aLINER-type galaxy.[2]
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