NGC 3140
Galaxy NGC 3140 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Water snake |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 09 m 27.8 s |
declination | -16 ° 37 ′ 41 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sc |
Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Position angle | 41 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.028223 ± 0.000047 |
Radial velocity | (8461 ± 14) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(370 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (113.3 ± 7.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
Discovery date | January 1, 1886 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3140 • PGC 29548 • MCG -03-26-028 • 2MASX J10092782-1637415 • |
NGC 3140 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Hydra at the southern sky . It is around 370 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on January 1, 1886 .