NGC 3093
| Galaxy NGC 3093 |
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| 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 53.6 s |
| declination | -02 ° 58 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020441 +/- 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 6128 +/- 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(267 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.8 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | January 22, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3093 • PGC 28977 • CGCG 008-021 • MCG + 00-26-007 • 2MASX J10005359-0258188 • LEDA 28977 • LDCE 0693 NED005 | |
NGC 3093 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E6 in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 267 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 55,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3086 , NGC 3090 , NGC 3092 , NGC 3101 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on January 22nd, 1865 .