NGC 3101
| Galaxy NGC 3101 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 01 m 35.4 s |
| declination | -02 ° 59 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa? / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019060 +/- 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | (5714 +/- 26) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(248 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (76.1 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | January 22, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3101 • PGC 29025 • CGCG 008-024 • MCG + 00-26-011 • 2MASX J10013544-0259400 • LDCE 693 NED006 | |
NGC 3101 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 248 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3086 , NGC 3090 , NGC 3092 , NGC 3093 , among others .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on January 22nd, 1865 .