NGC 3006
| Galaxy NGC 3006 |
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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 17.3 s |
| declination | + 44 ° 01 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 81 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 241 |
| Redshift | 0.016008 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 4799 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(215 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (65.9 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| diameter | 45,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Blood Stoney |
| Discovery date | January 25, 1851 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3006 • PGC 28235 • CGCG 210-037 • MCG + 07-20-055 • IRAS F09461 + 4415 • KUG 0946 + 442 • 2MASX J09491734 + 4401328 • 2MASS J09491731 + 4401331 • HOLM 144D | |
NGC 3006 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 215 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2998 , NGC 3005 , NGC 3008 , NGC 3009 .
The object was discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney on January 25, 1851 .