| NGC 3007 | |
|---|---|
legacy surveys image of NGC 3007 | |
| Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Sextans |
| Right ascension | 09h 47m 45.620s [1] |
| Declination | −06° 26′ 17.40″ [1] |
| Redshift | 0.02175 [1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 6520 km/s [1] |
| Distance | 330.3 ± 23.2 Mly (101.27 ± 7.11 Mpc) [1] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.41 [2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0/a [1] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -01-25-038, PGC 28150 | |
NGC 3007 is an edge-on, magnitude 13.4, lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Sextans, [3] discovered by Édouard Stephan on March 16, 1855. [4] It is about 115 thousand light years across, and with a recessional velocity of 6,520 kilometers per second, is at a distance of over 300 million light-years from the Sun. [4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Results for object NGC 3007 (NGC 3007)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ "Search specification: NGC 3007". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ "NGC 3007". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Celestial Atlas". cseligman.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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| NGC 3007 | |
|---|---|
|
legacy surveys image of NGC 3007 | |
| Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Sextans |
| Right ascension | 09h 47m 45.620s [1] |
| Declination | −06° 26′ 17.40″ [1] |
| Redshift | 0.02175 [1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 6520 km/s [1] |
| Distance | 330.3 ± 23.2 Mly (101.27 ± 7.11 Mpc) [1] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.41 [2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0/a [1] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -01-25-038, PGC 28150 | |
NGC 3007 is an edge-on, magnitude 13.4, lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Sextans, [3] discovered by Édouard Stephan on March 16, 1855. [4] It is about 115 thousand light years across, and with a recessional velocity of 6,520 kilometers per second, is at a distance of over 300 million light-years from the Sun. [4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Results for object NGC 3007 (NGC 3007)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ "Search specification: NGC 3007". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ "NGC 3007". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Celestial Atlas". cseligman.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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