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NGC 3
NGC 3 by the DESI Legacy Surveys
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension00h 07m 16.8s[1]
Declination+08° 18′ 06″[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity3900 ± 50 km/s[1]
Distance172 million light-years (53.9 mpc) [1]
Apparent magnitude (V)14.2[1]
Characteristics
TypeS0[1]
Apparent size (V)1.1' × 0.6'[1]
Other designations
UGC 58, PGC 565, GC 5080, Ark 1.[1]

NGC 3 is a lenticular galaxy with the morphological type of S0, located in the constellation of Pisces. Other sources classify NGC 3 as a barred spiral galaxy as a type of SBa. It was discovered on November 29, 1864, by Albert Marth.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0003. Retrieved 2006-11-04.
  2. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 3". Celestial Atlas. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

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