NGC 3037
| Galaxy NGC 3037 |
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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 51 m 24.0 s |
| declination | -27 ° 00 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | IBm / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 43 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.002959 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (887 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(30 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (9.2 ± 0.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 26, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3037 • PGC 28381 • ESO 499-010 • MCG -04-24-002 • 2MASX J09512400-2700400 • | |
NGC 3037 is an irregular galaxy of the Hubble type IBm in the constellation Water Snake in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 30 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 26, 1835 .