NGC 3028
| Galaxy NGC 3028 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 49 m 54.2 s |
| declination | -19 ° 11 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 108 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013499 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 4047 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(172 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.7 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3028 • PGC 28276 • ESO 566-016 • IRAS 09475-1856 • 2MASX J09495422-1911030 • SGC 094733-1857.1 • NVSS J094954-191103 • LDCE 689 NED002 | |
NGC 3028 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 172 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 23, 1835 .