NGC 3008
| Galaxy NGC 3008 |
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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 34.2 s |
| declination | + 44 ° 06 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015954 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 4783 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(214 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (65.7 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| diameter | 30,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Blood Stoney |
| Discovery date | January 25, 1851 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3008 • PGC 28252 • CGCG 210-039 • MCG + 07-20-059 • 2MASX J09493422 + 4406098 • USGC U261 NED03 | |
NGC 3008 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 214 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 2998 , NGC 3005 , NGC 3006 , NGC 3009 .
The object was discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney on January 25, 1851 .