NGC 3108

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Galaxy
NGC 3108
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NGC 3108 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Air pump
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3108
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman