Astronomy:NGC 3073

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major
NGC 3073
NGC 3073 Hubble WikiSky.jpg
Hubble image of NGC 3073
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension 10h 00m 52.042s[1]
Declination+55° 37′ 08.17″[1]
Redshift0.003933[2]
Helio radial velocity1177 km/s[2]
Distance65 Mly (20 Mpc)[3]
Group or clusterNGC 3079 Group
Apparent magnitude (V)13.40[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.07[3]
Characteristics
TypeSAB0[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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References

  1. 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. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 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. Bibcode2007ApJS..173..185G. 
  4. "SIMBAD". France: University of Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC%25203073. 
  5. "A Fundamental Relation Between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Letters. https://cds.cern.ch/record/455379/files/0006053.pdf. 
  6. 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. 
  7. 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. Bibcode2015MNRAS.454.1404S.