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NGC 3000

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NGC 3000
NGC 3000 (center)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension09h 48m 51s
Declination+44° 07’ 49”
Distance168 Mly (51.66 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)10.88
Apparent magnitude (B)11
Characteristics
TypeSB(r)bc
Notable featuresN/A
Other designations
PGC 5067534

NGC 3000 is a double star located in the constellation Ursa Major.[1] It was first discovered and observed by Bindon Stoney (William Parsons' assistant) on January 25, 1851[2] and catalogued as a nebula-type object. It has been monitored by multiple different telescopes since its discovery.

Discovery

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Stoney first described NGC 3000 as a "very faint, small, irregularly round, mottled but not resolved" galaxy. The position of NGC 3000 precesses to RA 09 49 02.6, Dec +44 08 46, but there is nothing there. However, all of Stoney's positions for objects in this region are about 2 arcmin east northeast of the actual object, and a correction for that apparently consistent error falls almost exactly on the pair of stars listed.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Ford, Dominic. "The New General Catalogue (NGC) in Ursa Major". In-The-Sky.org. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  2. ^ "NGC 3000". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  3. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3000 - 3049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
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  • Media related to NGC 3000 at Wikimedia Commons