NGC 3074
| Galaxy NGC 3074 |
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![NGC 3074 with SDSS J095948.75 + 352337.3 [1] (l.)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3074_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 3074 with SDSS J095948.75 + 352337.3 (l.) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 59 m 41.2 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 23 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 166 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017159 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 5144 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(229 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (70.2 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 28, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3074 • UGC 5366 • PGC 28888 • CGCG 182-054 • MCG + 06-22-047 • IRAS 09567 + 3537 • 2MASX J09594125 + 3523336 • GC 1978 • H III 542 • h 660 • GALEX ASC J095941.11 + 352333.2 | |
NGC 3074 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo Minor at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 229 million light years from the Milky Way and about 155,000 light years in diameter.
The supernovae SN 1965N (Type-IIP) and SN 2002cp (Type-Ib / c) were observed here.
The object was discovered on March 28, 1786 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
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