NGC 3026
| Galaxy NGC 3026 |
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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 55.4 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 33 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | in the |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 82 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.004970 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (1490 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(64 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (19.7 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 22, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3026 • UGC 5279 • PGC 28351 • CGCG 152-074 • MCG + 05-23-043 • IRAS 09480 + 2847 • KUG 948 + 287 • 2MASX J09505530 + 2833042 • NSA 85541 • LDCE 686 NED001 • KIG 377 | |
NGC 3026 is an irregular galaxy of Hubble type in the constellation Leo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 64 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 3032 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on May 22, 1886 .
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