NGC 3

NGC 3
NGC 3
	NGC 3 by the DESI Legacy Surveys
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	00h 07m 16.8s
Declination	+08° 18′ 06″
Heliocentric radial velocity	3900 ± 50 km/s
Distance	172 million light-years (53.9 mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.2
Characteristics
Type	S0
Apparent size (V)	1.1' × 0.6'
Other designations
	UGC 58, PGC 565, GC 5080, Ark 1.

NGC 3 is a lenticular galaxy with the morphological type of S0, located in the constellation of Pisces. Other sources classify NGC 3 as a barred spiral galaxy as a type of SBa. It was discovered on November 29, 1864, by Albert Marth.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0003. Retrieved 2006-11-04.
^ Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 3". Celestial Atlas. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

[ned-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0003. Retrieved 2006-11-04.

[Seligman-2] Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 3". Celestial Atlas. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

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