NGC 3163
| Galaxy NGC 3163 |
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| NGC 3159 , NGC 3161 & NGC 3163, SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 14 m 07.1 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 39 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 × 1.1 |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 258-008 |
| Redshift | 0.020874 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 6258 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(279 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.6 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3163 • UGC 5517 • PGC 29846 • CGCG 211-027 • MCG + 07-21-026 • 2MASX J10140714 + 3839096 • GC 2035 • H II 640 • h 681 • GALEX ASC J101407.28 + 383910.0 • HOLM 172B | |
NGC 3163 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky. It is estimated to be 279 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 3150 , NGC 3151 , NGC 3152 , NGC 3158
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 17, 1787 .
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