NGC 3125
| Galaxy NGC 3125 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 06 m 33.4 s |
| declination | -29 ° 56 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S; BCDG / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 114 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3175 group LGG 189 |
| Redshift | 0.003712 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 1113 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(40 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.3 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 30, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3125 • PGC 29366 • ESO 435-041 • MCG -05-24-022 • IRAS 10042-2941 • 2MASX J10063331-2956073 • SGC 100419-2941.5 • HIPASS J1006-29 • LDCE 683 NED008 | |
NGC 3125 is a dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type in? in the constellation Antlia in the southern sky . It is around 40 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 10,000 light years .
Together with NGC 3113 , NGC 3137 , NGC 3175 and PGC 29166 it forms the small NGC 3175 group .
The object was discovered on March 30, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18.7-inch telescope.
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