NGC 3098
| Galaxy NGC 3098 |
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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 02 m 16.7 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 42 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004660 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1397 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(60 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.3 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 19, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3098 • UGC 5397 • PGC 29067 • CGCG 123-014 • MCG + 04-24-012 • 2MASX J10021666 + 2442399 • LDCE 0686 NED004 | |
NGC 3098 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 60 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 19, 1827 .