NGC 3088
| Galaxy NGC 3088 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 01 m 19.2 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 24 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 + S |
| Brightness (visual) | A: 13.8 mag B: 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | A: 14.8 mag B: 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | A: 0.5 '× 0.3' B: 0.5 '× 0.1' |
| Position angle | A: 69 ° B: 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | A + B: 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025401 |
| Radial velocity | 7615 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(337 ± 23) · 10 6 ly (103.3 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 12, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3088 • UGC 5384 • PGC 28997/28998 • CGCG 123-013 • MCG + 04-24-010 / 011 • GC 1990 • H III 24 • h 661 • LDCE 0690 NED004 | |
NGC 3088 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Leo in the northern sky . It is an estimated 337 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 12, 1784 .