NGC 3136
| Galaxy NGC 3136 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Keel of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 05 m 48.1 s |
| declination | -67 ° 22 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 / LINER / Sy |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.1 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005714 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 1713 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(67 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.5 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 31, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3136 • PGC 29311 • ESO 092-008 • 2MASX J10054815-6722407 • SGC 100431-6708.0 • LDCE 710 NED003 | |
NGC 3136 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Carina in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 67 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on January 31, 1835 by the astronomer John Herschel with a 48 cm telescope.
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