Key facts
- Constellation
- Leo
- Right ascension
- 09 53 7.1
- Declination
- +16 ° 40 ′ 40 ″
- Redshift
- 0.004 697 ± 0.000 007
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1408 ± 2 km/s
- Galactocentric velocity
- 1313 ± 4 km/s
- Type
- SAB(rs)c
- Apparent size v
- 3.7 ′ × 2.4 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 23
- Image
- NGC3041-hst-R814G606B450.jpg
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- radial velocity
- 1412
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 619970287135738880
- galaxy morphological type
- SABc
- Commons category
- NGC 3041
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-03-23
- apparent magnitude
- 11.941
- right ascension
- 148.27976851856330
- declination
- 16.67766047963040
- redshift
- 0.004697
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 3041 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It is categorized as SAB(rs)c in the galaxy morphological classification scheme. It was discovered by William Herschel on 23 March 1784. The galaxy is approximately 77 million light years away from earth.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1102636” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.