NGC 3016

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Galaxy
NGC 3016
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 49 m 50.6 s
declination + 12 ° 41 ′ 43 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb  
Brightness  (visual) 12.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 70 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.029921 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity (8970 ± 5) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(396 ± 28)  ·  10 6  ly
(121.4 ± 8.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery RJ Mitchell
Discovery date March 21, 1854
Catalog names
NGC  3016 • UGC  5266 • PGC  28269 • CGCG  063-077 • MCG  + 02-25-040 • IRAS  09471 + 1255 • 2MASX  J09495067 + 1241429 • spar 147 C

NGC 3016 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Leo. It is estimated to be 396 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by RJ Mitchell on March 21, 1854 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3016  - 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 3016
  3. Seligman