NGC 3164

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Galaxy
NGC 3164
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 15 m 11.4 s
declination + 56 ° 40 ′ 20 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.90 × 0.7
Position angle 0 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.026093 +/- 0.000105  
Radial velocity 7822 +/- 31 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(352 ± 25)  x  10 6  ly
(108.0 ± 7.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date February 9, 1831
Catalog names
NGC  3164 • UGC  5527 • PGC  29928 • CGCG  290-018 • MCG  + 10-15-36 • 2MASX  J10151143 + 5640191 • GC  2036 • h  679 •

NGC 3164 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Great Bear. It is estimated that 352 million light-years from the Milky Way away and has a diameter of about 95,000 light-years.

The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 9, 1831 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3164
  3. Seligman