NGC 3139
| Galaxy NGC 3139 |
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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 10 m 05.2 s |
| declination | -11 ° 46 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^ / pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 75 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004710 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 1412 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(55 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.9 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3139 • PGC 29583 • MCG -02-26-034 • 2MASX J10100521-1146414 • GALEX ASC J101005.23-114642.9 | |
NGC 3139 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 55 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 20,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3133 , NGC 3138 , NGC 3143 and NGC 3145 .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .
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