NGC 3121

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Galaxy
NGC 3119 / NGC 3121
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 07 m 11.5 s
declination + 14 ° 22 ′ 25 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 12.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 1.7 ′ × 1.4 ′
Position angle 20 °
Surface brightness 13.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.029437 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity (8825 ± 5) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(390 ± 27)  ·  10 6  ly
(119.5 ± 8.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Lassell
Discovery date March 31, 1848
Catalog names
NGC  3119/3121 • UGC  5450 • PGC  29387/93103 • CGCG  093-046 • MCG  + 03-26-027 • 2MASX  J10065190 + 1422247 • LDCE 0707 NED003

NGC 3121 = NGC 3119 is a merging pair of Hubble type E galaxies in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is around 390 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by William Lassell on March 31, 1848 . In the literature database, NGC 3119 is often equated with PGC 29381 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3121
  3. Seligman