NGC 3039
Galaxy NGC 3039 |
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NGC 3039 with LEDA 213645 (or) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | sextant |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 09 h 52 m 29.7 s |
declination | + 02 ° 09 ′ 16 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (s) b |
Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
Position angle | 12 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | isolated |
Redshift | 0.016702 ± 0.000023 |
Radial velocity | 5007 ± 7 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(217 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.6 ± 4.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Albert Marth |
Discovery date | January 22, 1865 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3039 • UGC 5297 • PGC 28452 • CGCG 007-051 • MCG + 00-25-027 • IRAS F09498 + 0223 • 2MASX J09522963 + 0209159 • SDSS J095229.67 + 020916.0 • SIT 0033-1 |
NGC 3039 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 217 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 3044 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on January 22nd, 1865 .
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