NGC 3120
| Galaxy NGC 3120 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 05 m 23.0 s |
| declination | -34 ° 13 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 1 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 3038 group NGC 3087 group LGG 184 |
| Redshift | 0.009310 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 2791 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(115 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.2 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 22, 1838 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3120 • PGC 29278 • ESO 374-029 • MCG -06-22-017 • IRAS 10031-3358 • 2MASX J10052305-3413118 • SGC 100311-3358.6 • LEDA 29278 • LDCE 729 NED041 | |
NGC 3120 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Antlia south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 115 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2534 , IC 2536 , IC 2538 .
The supernovae SN 1999ca (Type-II) and SN 2010F (Type-IIP) were observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 22nd, 1838 .