NGC 3207
| Galaxy NGC 3207 |
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| NGC 3207 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 21 m 00.5 s |
| declination | + 42 ° 59 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 0.8' |
| Position angle | 97 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 264-003 |
| Redshift | 0.023390 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 7012 ± 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(314 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (96.2 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 3, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3207 • UGC 5587 • PGC 30267 • CGCG 211-047 • MCG + 07-21-043 • 2MASX J10210058 + 4259068 • GC 2074 • H II 722 • h 700 • HOLM 179B • LDCE 722 NED003 | |
NGC 3207 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 314 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 120,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3202 and NGC 3205 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 3, 1788 .
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