NGC 3007 is an edge-on, magnitude 13.4, lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Sextans,[3] discovered by Édouard Stephan on March 16th, 1855.[4] It is about 115 thousand light years across, and with a recessional velocity of 6,520 kilometers per second, is at a distance of over 300 million light-years from the Sun.[4]
NGC 3007 | |
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![]() Pan-STARRS image of NGC 3007 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Sextans |
Right ascension | 09h 47m 45.620s[1] |
Declination | −06° 26′ 17.40″[1] |
Redshift | 0.02175[1] |
Helio radial velocity | 6520 km/s[1] |
Distance | 330.3 ± 23.2 Mly (101.27 ± 7.11 Mpc)[1] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.41[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S0/a[1] |
Other designations | |
MCG -01-25-038, PGC 28150 |
New General Catalogue 3000 to 3499 | |
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