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NGC 3008 is a lenticular galaxy with an active galactic nucleus[3] in the constellation of Ursa Major,[4] discovered by William Parsons and his assistants.[5] It is about 40 thousand light years across, and with a recessional velocity of about 4,785 kilometers per second,[5] is at a distance of 240 million light-years from the Sun.[1]

NGC 3008
SDSS image of NGC 3008
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension09h 49m 34.261s[1]
Declination+44° 06′ 09.71″[1]
Redshift0.01595[1]
Helio radial velocity4783 km/s[1]
Distance240.5 ± 16.9 Mly (73.73 ± 5.18 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterNGC 2998 group
Apparent magnitude (B)15.23[2]
Characteristics
TypeS0/a[1]
Other designations
MCG +07-20-059, PGC 28252[1]

It is a member of the NGC 2998 group, which also includes NGC 2998, NGC 3002, NGC 3005, NGC 3006, and a few others.[6] Among these galaxies, it has the lowest star formation rate, at 0.02 M☉ per year.[7]


References


  1. "Results for object NGC 3008 (NGC 3008)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  2. "Search specification: NGC 3008". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  3. "NGC 3008 -- LINER-type Active Galaxy Nucleus". Simbad. Strasbourg astronomical Data Center. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  4. "NGC 3008". In-The-Sky.org. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  5. "Celestial Atlas". cseligman.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  6. "NAME NGC 2998 Group". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  7. 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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NGC 3008 ist eine Spiralgalaxie vom Hubble-Typ S[2] im Sternbild Großer Bär am Nordsternhimmel. Sie ist schätzungsweise 214 Mio. Lichtjahre von der Milchstraße entfernt und hat einen Durchmesser von etwa 30.000 Lj.
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