NGC 3112
| Galaxy NGC 3112 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 03 m 59.2 s |
| declination | -20 ° 46 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 47 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013256 +/- 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 3974 +/- 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(169 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.7 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3112 • PGC 29189 • ESO 567-011 • 2MASX J10035918-2046544 • SGC 100138-2032.3 • GALEX ASC J100359.12-204656.4 | |
NGC 3112 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 169 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .