NGC 3017
| Galaxy NGC 3017 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 49 m 03.0 s |
| declination | -02 ° 49 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020778 ± 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | (6229 ± 35) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(271 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (83.1 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3017 • PGC 28220 • CGCG 007-040 • MCG + 00-25-019 • 2MASX J09490301-0249180 • | |
NGC 3017 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Sextant on southern sky . It is an estimated 271 million light years from the Milky Way .
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .