NGC 3044
| Galaxy NGC 3044 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 53 m 40.9 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 34 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.70 × 0.7 |
| Position angle | 115 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004298 +/- 0.000018 |
| Radial velocity | 1289 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(51 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (15.6 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3044 • UGC 5311 • PGC 28517 • CGCG 007-056 • MCG + 00-25-031 • IRAS 09511 + 0148 • 2MASX J09534088 + 0134467 • GC 1958 • H III 254 • h 652 • HIPASS J0953 + 01 | |
NGC 3044 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 51 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3039 , NGC 3042 , NGC 3062 .
The type IIL supernova SN 1983E was observed here.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 13, 1784 .