NGC 3040
| Galaxy NGC 3040 |
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| SDSS image from NGC 3040 & PGC 200252 (= NGC 3040B, or) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 53 m 05.1 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 25 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 (r) a? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 171 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025401 ± 0.000173 |
| Radial velocity | (7615 ± 52) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(424 ± 24) · 10 6 ly (130.1 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3040 • UGC 5300 • PGC 28479 • CGCG 092-067 • MCG + 03-25-037 • 2MASX J09530509 + 1925561 • LDCE 0685 NED001, spar 148A | |
NGC 3040 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Leo. It is an estimated 424 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on March 25, 1884 .
Web links
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