NGC 3143

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Galaxy
NGC 3143
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NGC 3143 [1]
NGC 3143
AladinLite
Constellation Water snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 10 m 03.98 s
declination -12 ° 34 ′ 52.9 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (s) b  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 105 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.012182 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity 3652 ± 5 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(155 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(47.5 ± 3.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Andrew A. Common
Discovery date 1880
Catalog names
NGC  3143 • PGC  29579 • MCG  -02-26-033 • 2MASX  J10100398-1234527 • 2MASS J10100395-1234531 • WISEA J101003.94-123453.4

NGC 3143 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 155 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 3145 .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3133 , NGC 3138 , NGC 3139 .

The property was discovered by Andrew Ainslie Common in 1880 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3143  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3143
  4. Seligman