NGC 3245
| Galaxy NGC 3245 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 27 m 18.4 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 30 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) 0 ^ 0 ^ :? / HII / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3245 group LGG 197 |
| Redshift | 0.004423 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1326 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(57 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.6 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 11, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3245 • UGC 5663 • PGC 30744 • CGCG 154-017 • MCG + 05-25-013 • IRAS 10245 + 2845 • 2MASX J10271836 + 2830267 • GC 2104 • H I 86 • h 711 • NVSS J102718 + 283027 • LDCE 0734 NED001 | |
NGC 3245 is an active Lenticular galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo Minor at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 57 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light-years across. Together with PGC 30714 ( NGC 3245A ) it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3232 , NGC 3234 , NGC 3235 , IC 2572 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 11, 1785 .
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