NGC 3
| Galaxy NGC 3 |
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| SDSS image of the galaxy NGC 3 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 07 m 16.8 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 18 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′, 1 × 0 ′, 6 |
| Position angle | 112 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 3 |
| Redshift | 0.013009 ± 0.000163 |
| Radial velocity | +3900 ± 49 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(180 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (55.2 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | November 29, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3 • UGC 58 • PGC 565 • CGCG 408-035 • MCG + 01-01-037 • IRAS 00047 + 0801 • 2MASX J00071582 + 2742291 • GALEX ASC J000716.71 + 081805.6 • Ark 1 | |
NGC 3 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 180 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light-years across. With 12.8 mag / arcmin 2 the galaxy has a comparatively high surface brightness.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4 , NGC 7837 , NGC 7838 , NGC 7840 .
The object was discovered on November 29, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .
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