NGC 3137
| Galaxy NGC 3137 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 09 m 07.5 s |
| declination | -29 ° 03 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) d |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 6.2 ′ × 2.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 1 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3175 group LGG 189 |
| Redshift | 0.003683 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 1104 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(40 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.2 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 5, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3137 • PGC 29530 • ESO 435-047 • MCG -05-24-024 • IRAS 10068-2849 • 2MASX J10090747-2903514 • SGC 100651-2849.1 • HIPASS J1009-29 • LDCE 683 NED009 | |
NGC 3137 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc 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 85,000 light years .
Together with NGC 3113 , NGC 3125 , NGC 3175 and ESO 499-37 it forms the small NGC 3175 group .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 5, 1837 .
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