NGC 3090
Galaxy NGC 3090 |
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SDSS | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | sextant |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 00 m 30.2 s |
declination | -02 ° 58 ′ 08 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E + |
Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
Position angle | 90 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.020331 +/- 0.000033 |
Radial velocity | 6095 +/- 10 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(265 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.3 ± 5.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Albert Marth |
Discovery date | January 22, 1865 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3090 • PGC 28945 • CGCG 008-016 • MCG + 00-26-005 • 2MASX J10003023-0258084 • LEDA 28945 |
NGC 3090 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E2 in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 265 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 135,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3083 , NGC 3086 , NGC 3092 , NGC 3093 , among others .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on January 22nd, 1865 .