NGC 3086
| Galaxy NGC 3086 |
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| NGC 3086 with LEDA 1078506 (lu), SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 00 m 11.0 s |
| declination | -02 ° 58 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022482 +/- 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 6740 +/- 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(294 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (90.2 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | January 22, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3086 • PGC 28924 • CGCG 008-012 • MCG + 00-26-003 • 2MASX J10001097-0258343 • LEDA 28924 • LDCE 693 NED002 | |
NGC 3086 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 294 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 105,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3083 , NGC 3090 , NGC 3092 , NGC 3093 , among others .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on January 22nd, 1865 .