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NGC 3172

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: AG?
Redshift: z = 0.02033406724327935
Coordinates: RA 176.8041° · Dec 89.0931°

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Key facts

Constellation: Ursa Minor
Right ascension: 11 47 11.928
Declination: +89 ° 05 ′ 35.77 ″
Redshift: 0.020 334 ± 0.000 0970
Heliocentric radial velocity: 6,096 ± 29 km/s
Distance: 291.4 ± 20.5 Mly (89.33 ± 6.28 Mpc )
Type: S0
Apparent size v: 0.92′ × 0.79′
Notable features: Closest NGC object to the north celestial pole

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Image: NGC 3172 DSS.jpg

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catalog code: LEDA 36847
time of discovery or invention: 1831-10-04
apparent magnitude: 9.323
right ascension: 176.7997000
declination: 89.0932694
radial velocity: 6096
Commons category: NGC 3172

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NGC 3172 (also known as Polarissima Borealis) is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Minor. It is the closest NGC object to the north celestial pole. Discovered by John Herschel in 1831, it is about 285 million light-years away and about 85 thousand light-years across.

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