NGC 3012
Galaxy NGC 3012 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Little lion |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 09 h 49 m 52.1 s |
declination | + 34 ° 42 ′ 51 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E. |
Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.00 / 1.0 |
Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.038917 ± 0.000100 |
Radial velocity | 11,667 +/- 30 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(520 ± 37) · 10 6 ly (159.5 ± 11.2) Mpc |
diameter | 150,000 ly |
history | |
discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
Discovery date | April 30, 1862 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3012 • UGC 5262 • PGC 28270 • MCG + 06-22-017 • 2MASX J09495208 + 3442505 • GALEX ASC J094952.25 + 344252.1 |
NGC 3012 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Little Leo the northern sky . It is estimated to be 520 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on April 30, 1862 .