NGC 3156

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NGC 3156
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NGC 3156 by Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Sextans
Right ascension 10h 12m 41.24591s [1]
Declination +03° 07′ 45.6939″ [1]
Redshift 0.00415 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 1242 km/s [2]
Distance 72.67 ± 0.46  Mly (22.28 ± 0.14  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.30 [4]
Apparent magnitude  (B)13.07 [4]
Characteristics
Type S0 [4]
Other designations
UGC 5503, MCG +01-26-019, PGC 29730 [2]

NGC 3156 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Sextans. [5] [6] [7] It is located at a distance of about 75 million light-years from Earth and is forming a pair with NGC 3169. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on December 13, 1784. [8]

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It is a member of the NGC 3166 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Leo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster. [9] [10]

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  3. ↑ Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 86. arXiv: 1307.7213 . Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID   118494842.
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  5. ↑ Stone, Nicholas C.; van Velzen, Sjoert (2016-06-30). "An enhanced rate of tidal disruptions in the centrally overdense E+A galaxy NGC 3156". The Astrophysical Journal . 825 (1): L14. arXiv: 1604.02056 . Bibcode:2016ApJ...825L..14S. doi: 10.3847/2041-8205/825/1/L14 . S2CID   118479040.
  6. ↑ "Central regions of the early-type galaxies in the NGC 3169 group". ResearchGate . Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  7. ↑ "A Preferred Home for Disrupted Stars". aasnova.org. American Astronomical Society. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  8. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3150 - 3199". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  9. ↑ "The Leo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  10. ↑ "NAME NGC 3166 Group". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-18.


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