| NGC 3008 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 3008 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 09 49 34.261 |
| Declination | +44° 06′ 09.71″ |
| Redshift | 0.01595 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 4783 km/s |
| Distance | 240.5 ± 16.9 Mly (73.73 ± 5.18 Mpc) |
| Group or cluster | NGC 2998 group |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.23 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0/a |
| Other designations | |
| MCG +07-20-059, PGC 28252 | |
NGC 3008 is a lenticular galaxy with an active galactic nucleus in the constellation of Ursa Major, discovered by William Parsons and his assistants. It is about 40 thousand light years across, and with a recessional velocity of about 4,785 kilometers per second, is at a distance of 240 million light-years from the Sun.
It is a member of the NGC 2998 group, which also includes NGC 2998, NGC 3002, NGC 3005, NGC 3006, and a few others. Among these galaxies, it has the lowest star formation rate, at 0.02 M☉ per year.
References
- ^ "Results for object NGC 3008 (NGC 3008)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- "Search specification: NGC 3008". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- "NGC 3008 -- LINER-type Active Galaxy Nucleus". Simbad. Strasbourg astronomical Data Center. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- "NGC 3008". In-The-Sky.org. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Celestial Atlas". cseligman.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- "NAME NGC 2998 Group". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- Paudel, Sanjaya; Sengupta, Chandreyee; Yoon, Suk-Jin; Chhatkuli, Daya Nidhi (2020). "MCG+07-20-052: Interacting Dwarf Pair in a Group Environment". The Astronomical Journal. 159 (4): 141. arXiv:2002.10076. Bibcode:2020AJ....159..141P. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab722f. S2CID 211258826.
External links
Media related to NGC 3008 at Wikimedia Commons
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