NGC 3027
| Galaxy NGC 3027 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 55 m 40.6 s |
| declination | + 72 ° 12 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) d: |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.9 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003529 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1058 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(53 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.1 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 3, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3027 • UGC 5316 • PGC 28636 • CGCG 333-006 • MCG + 12-10-009 • IRAS 09513 + 7226 • KUG 0951 + 724 • 2MASX J09554063 + 7212128 • VV 358 • GC 1947 • H V 23 • h 643 • | |
NGC 3027 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd and is located in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is around 53 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 light years .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 3, 1785 .