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galaxy

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Constellation
Ursa Major
Right ascension
10 19 33.0275
Declination
+58 ° 12 ′ 20.829 ″
Redshift
0.007003 ± 0.000005
Heliocentric radial velocity
2,099 ± 1 km/ s
Distance
112 ± 7.8 Mly (34.2 ± 2.4 Mpc )
Type
SA(r)a?
Size
~54,000 ly (16.6 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.53 ′ × 1.22 ′

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Distance from Earth
34.0
Image
NGC 3182 SDSS.jpg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 1047368701874292096
declination
58.20571757585930
time of discovery or invention
1793-04-08
apparent magnitude
11.685
right ascension
154.88759826198320
galaxy morphological type
Egas
Commons category
NGC 3182
redshift
0.007105
radial velocity
2109

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NGC 3182 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy lies about 110 million light years away from Earth, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 3182 is approximately 55,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 8, 1793.

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