NGC 3140
| Galaxy NGC 3140 |
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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 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 |
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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 .