Q291059

galaxy

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It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1786, Barred lenticular galaxies and Discoveries by William Herschel.

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Key facts

Constellation: Hydra
Right ascension: 09 59 29.5
Declination: −22 ° 49 ′ 35 ″
Redshift: 0.007976 ± 0.000010
Heliocentric radial velocity: 2,391 ± 3 km / s
Distance: 83 Mly (25.3 Mpc )
Type: (R_1)SAB(r)0/a
Apparent size v: 2.1 ′ × 1.6 ′
Notable features: Seyfert galaxy

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 34.50
Image: NGC 3081-HST-R814-G555-B439.png

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catalog code: Gaia DR2 5660737587274519040
Commons category: NGC 3081
time of discovery or invention: 1786-12-21
apparent magnitude: 8.910
right ascension: 149.87309835235190
declination: -22.82631889481360
redshift: 0.0072
radial velocity: 2413
galaxy morphological type: S0:r

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3081 is a barred lenticular ring galaxy in the constellation of Hydra. NGC 3081 is located about 85 million light-years away from Earth, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 3081 is approximately 60,000 light-years across. It is a type II Seyfert galaxy, characterised by its bright nucleus. It was discovered by William Herschel on 21 December 1786.

NGC 3081 is seen nearly face-on. The galaxy's barred spiral centre is surrounded by a bright loop known as a resonance ring. This ring is full of bright clusters and bursts of new star formation, and frames the supermassive black hole thought to be lurking within NGC 3081—which glows brightly as it gobbles up infalling material.

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