NGC 3205
| Galaxy NGC 3205 |
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| NGC 3205 with NGC 3207 (r) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 20 m 50.0 s |
| declination | + 42 ° 58 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 166 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 264-002 |
| Redshift | 0.023486 ± 0.000137 |
| Radial velocity | 7041 ± 41 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(315 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (96.6 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 3, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3205 • UGC 5585 • PGC 30254 • CGCG 211-046 • MCG + 07-21-042 • 2MASX J10204991 + 4258199 • GC 2072 • H II 721 • h 699 • HOLM 179A • LDCE 722 NED002 | |
NGC 3205 is a galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type P in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 315 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 130,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3202 and NGC 3207 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 3, 1788 .
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