NGC 3073
| Galaxy NGC 3073 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 00 m 52.1 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 37 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 156 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3079 group LGG 188 |
| Redshift | 0.003913 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1173 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(55 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.9 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 1, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3073 • UGC 5374 • PGC 28974 • CGCG 265-054 • 266-006 • MCG + 09-17-007 • 2MASX J10005204 + 5537081 • Mrk 131 • GC 1977 • H III 853 • HOLM 156B • LDCE 700 NED001 | |
NGC 3073 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E / SB0 in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 20 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 3079 .
The object was discovered on April 1, 1790 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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