NGC 3071
| Galaxy NGC 3071 |
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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 58 m 53.0 s |
| declination | + 31 ° 37 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021421 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 6422 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(285 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.5 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | March 10, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3071 • PGC 28825 • CGCG 153-008 • 2MASX J09585297 + 3137131 • GALEX ASC J095853.09 + 313714.6 • NSA 085718 | |
NGC 3071 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 285 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years across. In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 3067 .
The object was discovered on March 10, 1886 by Johann Palisa .