NGC 3168
| Galaxy NGC 3168 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 16 m 23.0 s |
| declination | + 60 ° 14 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 × 0.9 |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031515 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 9448 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(426 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (130.5 ± 9.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1832 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3168 • UGC 5536 • PGC 30001 • CGCG 290-023 • MCG + 10-15-052 • 2MASX J10162300 + 6014058 • LDCE 0717 NED002 | |
NGC 3168 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Ursa Major. It is an estimated 426 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 25, 1832 .