NGC 3047
| Galaxy NGC 3047 |
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| SDSS image of NGC 3047 & PGC 28572 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 48 m 54.0 s |
| declination | -01 ° 17 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 (rs) a / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020531 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | (6155 ± 29) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(268 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (82.2 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George W. Hough & Sherburne Burnham |
| Discovery date | April 24, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3047 • UGC 5323 • PGC 28577 • CGCG 007-059 • MCG + 00-25-033 • 2MASX J09485401-0803032 • LDCE 0678 NED005 | |
NGC 3047 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Sextant in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 268 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 24, 1883 by George Washington Hough and Sherburne Burnham .