NGC 3020
| Galaxy NGC 3020 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 50 m 06.6 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 48 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) cd |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004803 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (1440 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(59 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.2 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3020 • UGC 5271 • PGC 28296 • CGCG 063-082 • MCG + 02-25-045 • 2MASX J09500659 + 1248489 • GC 1942, GC 1939 • H III 51 • h 646, h 642 • spar 147 A | |
NGC 3020 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Leo. It is an estimated 59 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 19, 1784 .
Web links
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