Astronomy:NGC 3300
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Short description: Lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Leo
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 SDSS image of NGC 3300 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Leo |
| Right ascension | 10h 36m 38.43673s[1] |
| Declination | +14° 10′ 15.9950″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.01007[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 3004 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 161.6 ± 11.4 Mly (49.55 ± 3.49 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.32[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(r)00:?[3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 5766, MCG+02-27-030, PGC 31472[2] | |
NGC 3300 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on 19 March 1784.[5]
NGC 3300 is a LINER-type galaxy.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 649: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. Bibcode: 2021A&A...649A...1G.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 3300". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3300.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Results for object NGC 3300 (NGC 3300)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%203300&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
- ↑ "Search specification: NGC 3300". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%203300. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3300 - 3349". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc33.htm#3300. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
External links
Coordinates: 
10h 36m 38.43673s, +14° 10′ 15.9950″
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