NGC 3041

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Galaxy
NGC 3041
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 53 m 07.1 s
declination + 16 ° 40 ′ 40 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (rs) c / AGN  
Brightness  (visual) 11.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.4 mag
Angular expansion 3.7 ′ × 2.4 ′
Position angle 95 °
Surface brightness 13.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.004697 +/- 0.000007  
Radial velocity 1408 ± 2 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(59 ± 4)  ·  10 6  ly
(18.0 ± 1.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date March 23, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  3041 • UGC  5303 • PGC  28485 • CGCG  092-068 • MCG  + 03-25-039 • IRAS  09503 + 1654 • 2MASX  J09530714 + 1640396 • GC  1956 • H  II 98 • h  3196 • NVSS J095308 + 164043 • 2MIG 1347

NGC 3041 is an active barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 59 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are among others. the galaxies NGC 3048 , NGC 3053 , NGC 3060 , IC 572 .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 23, 1784 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3041  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3041
  3. Simbad
  4. Seligman