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Q1103046

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation: Antlia
Right ascension: 10h 06m 33s
Declination: -29° 56’ 05”
Redshift: 0.003712 ± 0.000023
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1113 ± 7 km / s
Surface brightness: 22.63 mag/arcsec2
Type: S;BCDG
Apparent size v: 1.1 ′ × 0.7 ′

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Distance from Earth: 13.75
Image: Extreme NGC 3125.png

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NGC 3125 is an irregular dwarf starburst galaxy in the constellation Antlia that was discovered by John Herschel in 1835. It is located approximately 38 million light-years away from Earth. Starburst galaxies are galaxies in which unusually high numbers of new stars are forming, springing to life within intensely hot clouds of gas.

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