NGC 3159
Galaxy NGC 3159 |
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NGC 3161, NGC 3159, LEDA 29818 (ro) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Little lion |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 13 m 52.8 s |
declination | + 38 ° 39 ′ 16 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E2 / pec: |
Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 0.9' |
Position angle | 156 ° |
Surface brightness | 15.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | WBL 258-005 |
Redshift | 0.022696 ± 0.000073 |
Radial velocity | 6804 ± 22 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(304 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (93.1 ± 6.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
Discovery date | February 1, 1886 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3159 • PGC 29825 • CGCG 211-023 • MCG + 07-21-021 • 2MASX J10135280 + 3839166 • GALEX ASC J101352.82 + 383916.5 • HOLM 172C • LDCE 716 NED003 |
NGC 3159 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Little Leo the northern sky . It is estimated to be 304 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 105,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 3150 , NGC 3151 , NGC 3161 and NGC 3163 .
The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on February 1, 1886 .
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