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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
EmG
Redshift
z = 0.004975812941274027
Morphology
S_AB
Coordinates
RA 147.1482° · Dec 33.4216°
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Key facts

Constellation
Leo Minor
Right ascension
09 48 35.580
Declination
+33 ° 25 ′ 17.83 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1474 km/s
Distance
63.6 Mly (19.50 Mpc )
Type
SBbc

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
18
Image
NGC 3003 SDSS.jpg
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catalog code
LEDA 28186
time of discovery or invention
1785-12-07
redshift
0.004937
apparent magnitude
12.400
radial velocity
1476
galaxy morphological type
SBcd
Commons category
NGC 3003
right ascension
147.1502083
declination
33.4214889
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NGC 3003 is a nearly edge-on barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo Minor, discovered by William Herschel on December 7, 1785. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 11.78, at a distance of 19.5 Mpc from the Sun. It has a recessional velocity of 1474 km/s.

Supernova and luminous blue variable

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