NGC 3024
| Galaxy NGC 3024 |
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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 27.4 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 45 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004720 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1415 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(58 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.9 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3024 • UGC 5275 • PGC 28324 • CGCG 063-084 • MCG + 02-25-046 • 2MASX J09502739 + 1245562 • GC 1945 • H III 52 • h 648 • spar 147 B | |
NGC 3024 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo. It is estimated to be 58 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 19, 1784 .
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