NGC 3179
| Galaxy NGC 3179 |
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| NGC 3179 with LEDA 2176143 (lo), SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 17 m 57.2 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 06 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 48 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024210 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 7258 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(325 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.5 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Blood Stoney |
| Discovery date | January 25, 1851 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3179 • UGC 5555 • PGC 30078 • CGCG 211-037 • MCG + 07-21-036 • 2MASX J10175720 + 4106510 • GALEX ASC J101757.23 + 410651.2 | |
NGC 3179 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 325 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 175,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there is u. a. the galaxy NGC 3184 .
The object was discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney on January 25, 1851 .