| NGC 3003 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 3003 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Leo Minor |
| Right ascension | 09 48 35.580 |
| Declination | +33° 25′ 17.83″ |
| Redshift | 0.004930 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1474 km/s |
| Distance | 63.6 Mly (19.50 Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.78 |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.25 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBbc |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 5251, MCG +06-22-013, PGC 28186 | |
NGC 3003 is a nearly edge-on barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo Minor, discovered by William Herschel on December 7, 1785. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 11.78, at a distance of 19.5 Mpc from the Sun. It has a recessional velocity of 1474 km/s.
Supernova
One supernova has been observed in NGC 3003: SN 1961F (type II, mag. 13.1) was discovered by Paul Wild on 21 February 1961.
References
- ^ "NGC 3003". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
- ^ "Search specification: NGC 3003". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3000 - 3049". cseligman.com.
- Thernoe, K. A. (6 March 1961). "Circular No. 1753". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Observatory Copenhagen. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- "SN 1961F". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- "SN 1961F". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
External links
Media related to NGC 3003 at Wikimedia Commons
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