NGC 3156
| Galaxy NGC 3156 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 12 m 41.249 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 07 ′ 45.69 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 'x 0.9' |
| Position angle | 47 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3169 group LGG 192 |
| Redshift | 0.004463 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1338 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(53 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.4 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3156 • UGC 5503 • PGC 29730 • CGCG 036-057 • MCG + 01-26-019 • 2MASX J10124120 + 0307455 • GC 2028 • H III-255 • h 680 • GALEX ASC J101241.30 + 030746.8 • LDCE 715 NED001 • WISEA J101241.26 + 030745.7 | |
NGC 3156 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Sextant in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 53 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years across. The galaxy is considered a member of the five galaxies counting NGC 3169 group ( LGG 192 ).
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3165 and NGC 3166 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on December 13, 1784 .
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