NGC 3005

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NGC 3005
NGC3005 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 3005
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Ursa Major
Right ascension 09h 49m 15.007s [1]
Declination +44° 07′ 52.86″ [1]
Redshift 0.01521 [2]
Helio radial velocity 4525 km/s [2]
Distance 229.0 ± 16.0  Mly (70.21 ± 4.92  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14.94 [4]
Characteristics
Type SABc [4]
Other designations
MCG +07-20-054, PGC 28232 [2]

NGC 3005 is an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major, [5] discovered by Bindon Stoney on January 25, 1851. [6] It is a member of the NGC 2998 group, which also includes NGC 2998, NGC 3002, NGC 3006, NGC 3008, and a few others. [7] [8]

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  5. ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 3005 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
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  7. ↑ "NAME NGC 2998 Group". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  8. ↑ 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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