NGC 3012
| Galaxy NGC 3012 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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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 |
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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 .