NGC 3127
| Galaxy NGC 3127 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 06 m 24.8 s |
| declination | -16 ° 07 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb: sp / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 123 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015494 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | (4645 ± 45) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(199 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (61.0 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | January 1, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3127 • PGC 29357 • MCG -03-26-022 • 2MASX J10062485-1607337 • LDCE 0703 NED005 | |
NGC 3127 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Hydra at the southern sky . It is around 199 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on January 1, 1886 .