NGC 3117
| Galaxy NGC 3117 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 06 m 10.5 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 54 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022629 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 6784 ± 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(297 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (91.0 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1877 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3117 • UGC 5445 • PGC 29340 • CGCG 036-038 • MCG + 01-26-014 • 2MASX J10061053 + 0254467 • GALEX ASC J100610.45 + 025446.7 • LDCE 701 NED002 | |
NGC 3117 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 297 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on March 15, 1877 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
Commons : NGC 3117 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
