Astronomy:NGC 3001
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Antlia
Coordinates: 
09h 46m 18.64942s, −30° 26′ 15.0501″
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 2MASS image of NGC 3001 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Antlia |
| Right ascension | 09h 46m 18.64942s[1] |
| Declination | −30° 26′ 15.0501″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.008224[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 2455.5 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 164.22 ± 0.65 Mly (50.35 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.83[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.15[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBbc[2] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG-05-23-014, PGC 28027[2] | |
NGC 3001 is a magnitude 11.83[4] spiral galaxy in the constellation Antlia, discovered on 30 March 1835 by John Herschel. It has a recessional velocity of 2,465 kilometres (1,532 mi) per second, and is located around 115 million light years away. NGC 3001 has an apparent size of 4.3 by 3.1 arcminutes and is about 145 thousand light years across.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "NGC 3001". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3001.
- ↑ Tully, R. Brent (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal 146 (4): 86. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. Bibcode: 2013AJ....146...86T.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 3001 - In-The-Sky.org". https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC3001.
- ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3000 - 3049". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc30.htm#3001.
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