NGC 3178
| Galaxy NGC 3178 |
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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 16 m 09.2 s |
| declination | -15 ° 47 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) cd pec: HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011628 +/- 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 3486 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(147 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (45.2 ± 3.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 16, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3178 • PGC 29980 • MCG -03-26-034 • 2MASX J10160916-1547287 • | |
NGC 3178 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Hydra. It is estimated to be 147 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 16, 1836 by John Herschel .