NGC 3108
| Galaxy NGC 3108 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 02 m 29.0 s |
| declination | -31 ° 40 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0p |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 187 |
| Redshift | 0.008916 +/- 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 2673 +/- 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(110 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (33.6 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 28, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3108 • PGC 29076 • ESO 435-032 • MCG -05-24-019 • 2MASX J10022902-3140385 • SGC 100016-3126.1 • LDCE 729 NED035 | |
NGC 3108 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Air Pump (Antlia) south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 110 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3095 , NGC 3100 , IC 2533 , IC 2539 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 28, 1835 .