NGC 3160
Galaxy NGC 3160 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Little Bear |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 13 m 55.1 s |
declination | + 38 ° 50 ′ 34 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S / Sy2 |
Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 0.3' |
Position angle | 140 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | WBL 258-006 |
Redshift | 0.023083 ± 0.000090 |
Radial velocity | 6920 ± 27 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(309 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (94.7 ± 6.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | RJ Mitchell |
Discovery date | March 27, 1854 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3160 • UGC 5513 • PGC 29830 • CGCG 211-024 • MCG + 07-21-023 • IRAS F10109 + 3905 • 2MASX J10135502 + 3850346 • GALEX ASC J101355.00 + 385037.0 • LDCE 716 NED004 |
NGC 3160 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 309 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 120,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3152 , NGC 3158 , NGC 3159 , NGC 3161 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 1997C was observed here.
The object was discovered by RJ Mitchell on March 27, 1854 .
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