NGC 3138
| Galaxy NGC 3138 |
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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 09 m 16.7 s |
| declination | -11 ° 57 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026081 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 7819 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(341 ± 24) · 10 6 ly (104.6 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3138 • PGC 29532 • MCG -02-26-032 • 2MASX J10091668-1157245 • 2MASS J10091665-1157242 | |
NGC 3138 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 341 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 120,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3133 , NGC 3139 , NGC 3143 , NGC 3145 , among others .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .
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