NGC 3556
Surfboard Galaxy
NGC 3556 is a late spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Ursa Major. The NGC is a catalog of 7,840 nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Here are the key stats on NGC 3556:
| 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-mag (visual): | 10.0 |
| B-mag (blue): | 10.7 |
| J-mag (IR): | 8.02 |
| H-mag (IR): | |
| K-mag (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 (RA) units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination (Dec) units = DD:MM:SS.SS