| NGC 3003 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 3003 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Leo Minor |
| Right ascension | 09h 48m 35.580s1 |
| Declination | +33° 25′ 17.83″1 |
| Redshift | 0.0049301 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1474 km/s1 |
| Distance | 63.6 Mly (19.50 Mpc)2 |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.783 |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.253 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBbc3 |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 5251, MCG +06-22-013, PGC 281861 | |
NGC 3003 is a nearly edge-on barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo Minor, discovered by William Herschel on December 7, 1785.4 It has an apparent visual magnitude of 11.78,3 at a distance of 19.5 Mpc from the Sun.2 It has a recessional velocity of 1474 km/s.1
Supernova and luminous blue variable
One supernova and one luminous blue variable have been observed in NGC 3003:
- SN 1961F (Type II, mag. 13.1) was discovered by Paul Wild on 21 February 1961.567
- AT 2020jev (Type LBV, mag. 20.33) was discovered by Pan-STARRS on 4 May 2020.89
References
References
- "NGC 3003". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
- "Search specification: NGC 3003". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3000 - 3049". cseligman.com.
- Schürer, M.; Wild (6 March 1961). Thernöe, K. A. (ed.). "SUPERNOVA IN NGC 3003". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 1753. Observatory Copenhagen, IAU: 1. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- "SN 1961F". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- "SN 1961F". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- "AT 2020jev". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- Siebert, M. R.; Tinyanont, S.; Taggart, K.; Foley, R. J. (2021). "Spectroscopic Classifications of Optical Transients with the Keck I telescope". The Astronomer's Telegram. 14624: 1. Bibcode:2021ATel14624....1S.