NGC 3086
Galaxy NGC 3086 |
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NGC 3086 with LEDA 1078506 (lu), SDSS | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | sextant |
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 |
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 .