NGC 3006
| NGC 3006 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 3006 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 09h 49m 17.344s[1] |
| Declination | +44° 01′ 32.90″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.01601[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 4761 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 241.3 ± 16.9 Mly (73.97 ± 5.18 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.57[3] |
| Absolute magnitude (B) | −19.50[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sbc[3] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG +07-20-055, PGC 28235[2] | |
NGC 3006 is an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major.[4] It has an apparent magnitude of 15.[5] It was discovered by the astronomer Bindon Stoney on January 25, 1851.[6]
It is part of a small group of galaxies including NGC 2998, NGC 3002, NGC 3005, NGC 3008, and MCG+07-20-052.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Results for object NGC 3006 (NGC 3006)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ a b c "NGC 3006". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ a b c "Search specification: NGC 3006". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 3006 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ^ "VizieR".
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3000 - 3049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ 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.
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