NGC 3007
| Galaxy NGC 3007 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 47 m 45.6 s |
| declination | -06 ° 26 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021748 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 6520 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(284 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.0 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 16, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3007 • PGC 28150 • MCG -01-25-038 • IRAS 09452-0612 • 2MASX J09474561-0626173 • LDCE 0678 NED001 | |
NGC 3007 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Sextant in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 284 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on March 16, 1885 .