NGC 3064
| Galaxy NGC 3064 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 55 m 41.4 s |
| declination | -06 ° 21 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc? sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 28 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017222 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (5163 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(223 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (68.4 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | February 23, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3064 • PGC 28638 • MCG -01-26-001 • 2MASX J09554143-0621499 • | |
NGC 3064 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Sextant. It is an estimated 223 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on February 23, 1886 .