NGC 3248
| Galaxy NGC 3248 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 27 m 45.4 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 50 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004940 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1481 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(63 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (19.4 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3248 • UGC 5669 • PGC 30776 • CGCG 124-024 • MCG + 04-25-020 • 2MASX J10274542 + 2250498 • GC 2107 • H II 347 • h 713 • GALEX ASC J102745.38 + 225048.5 • LDCE 724 NED012 | |
NGC 3248 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo in the northern sky . It is an estimated 63 million light-years away from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light-years across.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 10, 1785 .
Web links
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