NGC 3158
| Galaxy NGC 3158 |
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![NGC 3158 with LEDA 2135625 (r) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3158_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 3158 with LEDA 2135625 (r) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 13 m 50.5 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 45 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3: |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 '× 1.8' |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 258-004 |
| Redshift | 0.023313 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 6989 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(312 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (95.6 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3158 • UGC 5511 • PGC 29822 • CGCG 211-022 • MCG + 07-21-020 • 2MASX J10135049 + 3845536 • GC 2030 • H II 639 • h 678 • NSA 158013 • LDCE 716 NED002 | |
NGC 3158 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Leo Minor at the northern sky . It is an estimated 312 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 180,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3152 , NGC 3159 , NGC 3160 and NGC 3161 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 17, 1787 .
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