NGC 3203
| Galaxy NGC 3203 |
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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 19 m 33.8 s |
| declination | -26 ° 41 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) 0+? sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 58 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008086 ± 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | (2424 ± 38) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(99 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (30.4 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 24, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3203 • PGC 30177 • ESO 500-024 • MCG -04-25-002 • 2MASX J10193384-2641562 • LDCE 0729 NED058 | |
NGC 3203 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Water Snake. It is estimated to be 99 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 24, 1835 .