NGC 3131
| Galaxy NGC 3131 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 08 m 36.4 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 13 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017005 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (5098 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(224 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (68.6 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3131 • UGC 5471 • PGC 29499 • CGCG 093-060 • MCG + 03-26-033 • IRAS 10058 + 1828 • 2MASX J10083636 + 1813525 • GC 2016 • h 671 • | |
NGC 3131 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Leo in the northern sky . It is around 224 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 17, 1831 .
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