NGC 3084
| Galaxy NGC 3084 / IC 2528 |
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| Image of the galaxy center of NGC 3084 using the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 59 m 06.4 s |
| declination | -27 ° 07 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'_1) SB (rs) a / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 2 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3054 group IC 2537 group LGG 185 |
| Redshift | 0.008479 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 2542 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(104 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (31.9 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 26, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3084 • IC 2528 • PGC 28841 • ESO 499-029 • MCG -04-24-010 • 2MASX J09590643-2707438 • SGC 95650-2653.3 • 2MASS J09590640-2707435 • LDCE 729 NED025 | |
NGC 3084 = IC 2528 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Antlia in the southern sky . It is an estimated 104 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy is a member of the NGC 3054 group , which continues to include NGC 3051 , NGC 3054 , NGC 3078 , NGC 3089 , IC 2531 , IC 2537, and PGC 28874 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 26, 1835 .