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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
LIN
Redshift
z = 0.02066
Morphology
Sab
Coordinates
RA 151.0219° · Dec 31.1855°
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Key facts

Constellation
Leo Minor
Right ascension
10 04 05.2636
Declination
+31 ° 11 ′ 07.756 ″
Redshift
0.020654 ± 0.000007
Heliocentric radial velocity
6,192 ± 2 km/ s
Distance
293 ± 21 Mly (89.9 ± 6.3 Mpc )
Type
S0
Size
~103,000 ly (31.7 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.43′ × 1.12′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3106 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor. The galaxy lies about 290 million light years away from Earth, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 3106 is approximately 100,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on March 13, 1785.

Characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3106” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.