NGC 3173
| Galaxy NGC 3173 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 14 m 34.9 s |
| declination | -27 ° 41 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 7 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008406 +/- 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 2520 +/- 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(103 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (31.6 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 24, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3173 • PGC 29883 • ESO 500-016 • MCG -04-24-022 • 2MASX J10143487-2741339 • LDCE 0729 NED051 | |
NGC 3173 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Antlia. It is estimated to be 103 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 24, 1835 .