NGC 3160
| Galaxy NGC 3160 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little Bear |
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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 |
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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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