NGC 3115
Spindle Galaxy
NGC 3115 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation of Sextans. The NGC is a catalog of 7,840 nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Here are the key stats on NGC 3115:
NGC: | NGC 3115 |
Common name: | Spindle Galaxy |
Type: | galaxy |
Galaxy type: | lenticular |
Galaxy morph class: | E-S0 |
Constellation: | Sextans |
Surface brightness: | 23.0 mag/arcsec2 |
V-mag (visual): | 9.09 |
B-mag (blue): | 10.0 |
J-mag (IR): | 6.79 |
H-mag (IR): | |
K-mag (IR): | 6.12 |
Right Ascension: | 10:05:13.98 |
Declination: | -07:43:06.90 |
Major axis: | 7.1 ' |
Minor axis: | 3.01 ' |
Angle (major axis): | 43° |
Radial velocity: | 665 km/s |
Redshift: | 0.002222 |
Right Ascension (RA) units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination (Dec) units = DD:MM:SS.SS