NGC 3111
| Galaxy NGC 3111 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 06 m 07.4 s |
| declination | + 47 ° 15 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 144 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024630 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | (7384 ± 50) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(331 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (101.5 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3111 • UGC 5441 • PGC 29338 • CGCG 240-007 • MCG + 08-19-002 • 2MASX J10060741 + 4715456 • GC 2005 • h 667 • LDCE 0706 NED002 | |
NGC 3111 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is around 331 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 17, 1828 .
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