NGC 3001
| Galaxy NGC 3001 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 09 h 46 m 18.6 s |
| declination | -30 ° 26 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.9 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008219 ± 0.000019 |
| Radial velocity | 2464 ± 6 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(100 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (30.8 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 30, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3001 • PGC 28027 • ESO 434-038 • MCG -05-23-014 • 2MASX J09461866-3026148 • SGC 094407-3012.4 • HIPASS J0946-30 • LDCE 729 NED006 | |
NGC 3001 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Air Pump in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 100 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there is a. a. the galaxy NGC 2997 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2010hg was observed here.
The object was discovered on March 30, 1835 by the astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 3001 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
