Astronomy:NGC 3073
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major
NGC 3073 | |
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Hubble image of NGC 3073 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Ursa Major |
Right ascension | 10h 00m 52.042s[1] |
Declination | +55° 37′ 08.17″[1] |
Redshift | 0.003933[2] |
Helio radial velocity | 1177 km/s[2] |
Distance | 65 Mly (20 Mpc)[3] |
Group or cluster | NGC 3079 Group |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.40[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.07[3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB0−[3] |
Other designations | |
UGC 5374, MCG+09-17-007, PGC 28974[2] |
NGC 3073 is a dwarf lenticular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major.[4][5][6] It is at a distance of about 65 million light-years (20 megaparsecs) from Earth.[3] NGC 3073 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 1, 1790. The galaxy belongs to the NGC 3079 Group.[7]
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NGC 3073 (SDSS)
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 3073". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3073.
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Gil de Paz, Armando et al. (December 2007). "The GALEX Ultraviolet Atlas of Nearby Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 173 (2): 185–255. doi:10.1086/516636. Bibcode: 2007ApJS..173..185G.
- ↑ "SIMBAD". France: University of Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC%25203073.
- ↑ "A Fundamental Relation Between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Letters. https://cds.cern.ch/record/455379/files/0006053.pdf.
- ↑ Irwin, J. A.; Seaquist, E. R. (1991). "INIS Repository Search - Single Result". International Nuclear Information System (The Astrophysical Journal): 111–130. https://inis.iaea.org/search/searchsinglerecord.aspx?recordsFor=SingleRecord&RN=22078871. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ↑ Shafi, N.; Oosterloo, T. A.; Morganti, R.; Colafrancesco, S.; Booth, R. (2015-12-01). "The "shook up" galaxy NGC 3079: the complex interplay between HI, activity and environment". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 454 (2): 1404–1415. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2034. Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.454.1404S.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC 3073.
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