NGC 3124

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Galaxy
NGC 3124
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NGC 3124 [1]
NGC 3124
AladinLite
Constellation Water snake
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 06 m 39.90 s
declination -19 ° 13 ′ 17.7 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (r) c  
Brightness  (visual) 12.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.8 mag
Angular expansion 2.9 ′ × 2.5 ′
Position angle 9 °
Surface brightness 14.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 3091 group
LGG 186  
Redshift 0.011882 ± 0.000013  
Radial velocity 3562 ± 4 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(150 ± 10)  x  10 6  ly
(46.1 ± 3.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date March 23, 1835
Catalog names
NGC  3124 • PGC  29377 • ESO  567-017 • MCG  -03-26-024 • 2MASX  J10063988-1913177 • SGC  100417-1858.7 • HIPASS J1006-19 • LDCE 689 NED015 • WISEA J100639.90-191317.4

NGC 3124 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 150 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light-years across. Together with five other galaxies, it forms the NGC 3091 group ( LGG 186 ).

The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 23, 1835 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3124  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3124
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. ↑ Seligman