NGC 3161
| Galaxy NGC 3161 |
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| NGC 3159, NGC 3161, NGC 3163 | |
| 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 59.2 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 39 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 2 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 258-007 |
| Redshift | 0.020959 ± 0.000015 |
| Radial velocity | 6283 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(280 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.0 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | February 1, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3161 • PGC 29837 • CGCG 211-025 • MCG + 07-21-022 • 2MASX J10135920 + 3839256 • HOLM 172A • USGC U288 NED06 | |
NGC 3161 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 280 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3151 , NGC 3158 , NGC 3159 , NGC 3163 .
The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on February 1, 1886 .
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