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EntityQ1102580· pop 30· linked from 187 articles

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Leo
Right ascension
09 52 8,15
Declination
+29 ° 14 ′ 10 ″
Distance
65 million LY
Apparent size v
1.70 x 1.3

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
25.22
Image
NGC 3032 SDSS.jpg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 744262551873124864
Commons category
NGC 3032
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1827-00-00
apparent magnitude
12.026
epoch
J2000.0
galaxy morphological type
S0gas
right ascension
148.03395323020830
declination
29.23622865992630
right ascension component of proper motion
3.176
radial velocity
1557
redshift
0.005114
declination component of proper motion
-3.562
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3032 (also known as UGC 5292) is a lenticular galaxy located within the Leo constellation. It’s classified as a type S0 galaxy. It was first discovered in 1827 by John Herschel.

It is thought to be a pair with NGC 3026.

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