NGC 3099
| Galaxy NGC 3099 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 02 m 36.5 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 24 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cD; BrClG / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.050615 +/- 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 15174 +/- 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(676 ± 47) · 10 6 Lj (207.4 ± 14.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3099 • PGC 29087 • CGCG 182-064 • MCG + 06-22-059 • 2MASX J10023655 + 3242245 • GC 1996 • H III 478 • h 664 • spar 160A | |
NGC 3099 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 676 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 7, 1785 .