NGC 3159
| Galaxy NGC 3159 |
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![NGC 3161, NGC 3159, LEDA 29818 [1] (ro)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3159_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 3161, NGC 3159, LEDA 29818 (ro) | |
| 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 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 |
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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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