NGC 3116
| Galaxy NGC 3116 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 06 m 45.0 s |
| declination | + 31 ° 05 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021351 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 6401 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(284 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.2 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | March 10, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3116 • PGC 29383 • CGCG 153-017 • MCG + 05-24-012 • 2MASX J10064505 + 3105519 • GALEX ASC J100645.08 + 310552.1 • LDCE 705 NED002 | |
NGC 3116 is a compact, elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is around 284 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 35,000 light years .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3106 , NGC 3126 , IC 2540 .
The object was discovered on March 10, 1886 by Johann Palisa .
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