NGC 3055
| Galaxy NGC 3055 |
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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 55 m 18.0 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 16 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) c / WR |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006021 ± 0.000016 |
| Radial velocity | (1805 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(74 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (22.8 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 24, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3055 • UGC 5328 • PGC 28617 • CGCG 035-087 • MCG + 01-25-034 • 2MASX J09551804 + 0416122 • Mrk 9017 • GC 1964 • H VI 4 • h 656 • | |
NGC 3055 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Sextant. It is estimated to be 74 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on January 24, 1784 .