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Q489940
Sign in to savespiral galaxy in the constellation Hydra
Key facts
- Constellation
- Hydra
- Right ascension
- 10 03 06.88
- Declination
- −26 ° 09 ′ 34.5 ″
- Redshift
- 403 ± 1 km/ s
- Distance
- 1.333 ± 0.19 Mpc (4.348 ± 0.6197 Mly )
- Type
- SB(s)m
- Size
- 41,700 ly × 8,770 ly, (12.80 kpc × 2.69 kpc), ( diameter ; ESO D 25.5 B-band isophote ) , 3,946 ly × 3,946 ly, (1.21 kpc × 1.21 kpc), ( diameter ; 2MASS K-band total isophote )
- Apparent size v
- 19.1′ × 3.7′
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 3109 is a small barred Magellanic type spiral or irregular galaxy around 4.35 Mly away in the direction of the constellation of Hydra. It was discovered by John Herschel on March 24, 1835 while he was in what is now South Africa.
Size and morphology
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