NGC 3110

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Galaxy
NGC 3110 / NGC 3122 / NGC 3518
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NGC 3110 with LEDA 29184 [1], Pan-STARRS
NGC 3110 with LEDA 29184, Pan-STARRS
AladinLite
Constellation sextant
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 04 m 02.1 s
declination -06 ° 28 ′ 29 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) b / pec / HII / LIRG  
Brightness  (visual) 12.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.5 likes
Angular expansion 1.6 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 162 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.016858 ± 0.000029  
Radial velocity 5054 ± 9 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(218 ± 15)  x  10 6  ly
(66.9 ± 4.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date March 5, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  3110/3122/3518 • PGC  29192 • MCG  -01-26-014 • IRAS  10015-0614 • 2MASX  J10040212-0628291 • GC  2011 • H  II 305 • HIPASS J1004-06 • LDCE 699 NED003

NGC 3110 = NGC 3122 = NGC 3518 is an active spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type Sb and is located in the constellation Sextant south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 218 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 ly . Together with PGC 29184 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair .
In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 589 .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 5, 1785 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3110
  4. ↑ Seligman