NGC 3005

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
NGC 3005
J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension09h 49m 15.007s[1]
Declination+44° 07′ 52.86″[1]
Redshift0.01521[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity4525 km/s[2]
Distance229.0 ± 16.0 Mly (70.21 ± 4.92 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.94[4]
Characteristics
TypeSABc[4]
Other designations
MCG +07-20-054, PGC 28232[2]

NGC 3005 is an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major,[5] discovered by Bindon Stoney on January 25, 1851.[6] It is a member of the NGC 2998 group, which also includes NGC 2998, NGC 3002, NGC 3006, NGC 3008, and a few others.[7][8]

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 18913331
    .
  2. ^ a b c "NGC 3005". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  3. ^ "Results for object NGC 3005 (NGC 3005)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  4. ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 3005". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  5. ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 3005 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  6. ^ "astronomy-mall.com".
  7. ^ "NAME NGC 2998 Group". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  8. S2CID 211258826
    .

External links

  • Media related to NGC 3005 at Wikimedia Commons