NGC 3021

NGC 3021 is a small spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor. It is about 100 million light-years away from Earth.[1]

Spiral galaxy NGC 3021.

NGC 3021
NGC 3021 as seen by HST
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Leo Minor[1]
Right ascension	09^h 50^m 57.149^s[2]
Declination	33° 33′ 13.07″[2]
Redshift	0.00514±0.000013[2]
Helio radial velocity	1541±4 km/s[2]
Galactocentric velocity	1510±4 km/s[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	10.88[2]
Absolute magnitude (V)	-21.25[2]
Characteristics
Type	SAc[3]
Apparent size (V)	1.6′ × 0.9′[2]
Other designations
UGC 5280, 2MASX J09505711+3333124, PGC 28357

See also

• Spiral Galaxies

References

1. Hille, Karl (July 30, 2015). "Hubble View of a Cosmological Measuring Tape". NASA. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
2. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)". California Institute of Technology. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
3. "NGC 3021". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

External links

• Media related to NGC 3021 at Wikimedia Commons