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Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
NGC 3005 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Ursa Major |
Right ascension | 09h 49m 15.007s[1] |
Declination | +44° 07′ 52.86″[1] |
Redshift | 0.01521[2] |
Heliocentric 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] |
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