NGC 3061
| Galaxy NGC 3061 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 56 m 12.0 s |
| declination | + 75 ° 51 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008196 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | (2457 ± 8) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(115 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.4 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 2, 1801 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3061 • UGC 5319 • PGC 28670 • CGCG 350-036 • MCG + 13-07-040 • 2MASX J09561205 + 7551595 • GC 1970 • H II 903 • h 653 • | |
NGC 3061 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SBc in the constellation Dragon. It is estimated to be 115 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 2nd, 1801 .