NGC 3171
| Galaxy NGC 3171 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 15 m 36.8 s |
| declination | -20 ° 38 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- pec poss. LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011892 +/- 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 3565 +/- 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(150 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (46.1 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3171 • PGC 29950 • ESO 567-031 • MCG -03-26-032 • 2MASX J10153684-2038502 • LDCE 0729 NED054 | |
NGC 3171 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation of Water Snake. It is estimated to be 150 million light years from the Milky Way .
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .