NGC 3066
| Galaxy NGC 3066 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 01 m 55.2 s |
| declination | + 7207 ° 31 ′ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (s) bc pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 159 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006835 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | (2049 ± 8) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(97 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (29.7 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 3, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3066 • UGC 5379 • PGC 29059 • CGCG 333-011 • MCG + 12-10-015 • KUG 0957 + 723 • 2MASX J10021090 + 7207309 • Mrk 133 • GC 1971 • H II 334 • h 655 • LDCE 0698 NED002 | |
NGC 3066 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb / P in the constellation Great Bear. It is estimated to be 97 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 3, 1784 .