NGC 3501

NGC 3501 is a spiral galaxy 80 million light years away. It is located in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2014, showing an edge-on spiral galaxy; its companion NGC 3507 is not included in the photograph.[4]

NGC 3501
NGC 3501, photographed by Hubble
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Leo
Right ascension	11^h 02^m 47.307^s[1]
Declination	+17° 59′ 22.31″[1]
Redshift	0.003769[2]
Helio radial velocity	1130[2]
Distance	77.02 ± 6.06 Mly (23.615 ± 1.857 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.8[3]
Characteristics
Type	Scd:[2]
Size	89,600 ly (27,480 pc)[2]
Apparent size (V)	4.00′ × 0.44′[2]
Other designations
UGC 6116, MGC+03-28-051, PGC 33343

References

1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
2. "NED results for object NGC 3501". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
3. "NGC 3501". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
4. "A slice of stars". Hubble Space Telescope. Retrieved 14 February 2017.