NGC 3029
| Galaxy NGC 3029 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 48 m 54.0 s |
| declination | -08 ° 03 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 46 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021778 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (6529 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(284 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.0 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | February 8, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3029 • PGC 28206 • MCG -01-25-047 • 2MASX J09485401-0803032 • LDCE 0678 NED005 | |
NGC 3029 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Sextant in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 284 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on February 8, 1886 .