NGC 3049
| Galaxy NGC 3049 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 54 m 49.5 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 16 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) from / HII / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.004854 ± 0.000011 |
| Radial velocity | 1455 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(60 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.3 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 20, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3049 • UGC 5325 • PGC 28590 • CGCG 063-103 • MCG + 02-25-055 • IRAS 09521 + 0930 • 2MASX J09544965 + 0916179 • Mrk 710 • Kara 383 • HIPASS J0954 + 09 • Stephan XII | |
NGC 3049 is a barred spiral galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 60 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on March 20, 1882 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .