NGC 3121
Galaxy NGC 3119 / NGC 3121 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lion |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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 .