NGC 3011

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Galaxy
NGC 3011
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 49 m 41.2 s
declination + 32 ° 13 ′ 16 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 69 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.005147 ± 0.000007  
Radial velocity (1543 ± 2) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(67 ± 5)  ·  10 6  ly
(20.6 ± 1.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date April 21, 1886
Catalog names
NGC  3011 • UGC  5259 • PGC  28259 • CGCG  152-069 • MCG  + 05-23-038 • IRAS  F09467 + 3227 • KUG  0946 + 324 • 2MASX  J09494124 + 3213156 • Mrk  409 •

NGC 3011 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Leo. It is estimated to be 67 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 21, 1886 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3011  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3011
  3. Seligman