NGC 3053
| Galaxy NGC 3053 |
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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 55 m 33.6 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 25 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 134 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3060 group LGG 183 |
| Redshift | 0.012452 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 3733 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(162 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.8 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 14, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3053 • UGC 5329 • PGC 28631 • CGCG 092-074 • 093-001 • MCG + 03-25-040 • IRAS 09528 + 1640 • 2MASX J09553359 + 1625580 • GC 1963 • H III 600 • h 3200 • NVSS J095533 + 162558 • LDCE 690 NED001 | |
NGC 3053 is a spiral-shaped radio galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 162 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3041 , NGC 3048 , NGC 3060 , IC 581 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on January 14, 1787 .
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