NGC 3007
| 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 | |
| IRAS 09452-0612, 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 French astronomer Édouard Stephan on March 16, 1885.[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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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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