NGC 3003

galaxy

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

Instance of: spiral galaxy
Constellation: Leo Minor
Distance from Earth: 18
Image: NGC 3003 SDSS.jpg

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catalog code: LEDA 28186
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
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
epoch: J2000.0
right ascension: 147.1502083
declination: 33.4214889

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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