EntityQ1103284· pop 27

NGC 3159

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: GiG
Redshift: z = 0.02262
Coordinates: RA 153.4701° · Dec 38.6545°

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Instance of: elliptical galaxy
Constellation: Leo Minor
Distance from Earth: 96.84
Image: NGC3159 - SDSS DR14.jpg

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catalog code: Gaia DR2 802434482283628800
discoverer or inventor: France
time of discovery or invention: 1886-02-01
apparent magnitude: 12.585
epoch: J2000.0
galaxy morphological type: -4.9
Commons category: NGC 3159
right ascension: 153.47013533913930
declination: 38.65447449641780
redshift: 0.023073
radial velocity: 6705

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