NGC 3005
| Galaxy NGC 3005 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 49 m 14.9 s |
| declination | + 44 ° 07 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015159 ± 0.000011 |
| Radial velocity | 4545 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(204 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.4 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| diameter | 65,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Blood Stoney |
| Discovery date | January 25, 1851 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3005 • PGC 28232 • MCG + 07-20-054 • IRAS 09461 + 4421 • 2MASX J09491500 + 4407528 • NVSS J094915 + 440750 • HOLM 144C | |
NGC 3005 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is an estimated 204 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2998 , NGC 3006 , NGC 3008 , NGC 3009 .
The object was discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney on January 25, 1851 .