NGC 3000

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 an assistant to William Parsons, on January 25, 1851,[2] and was initially catalogued as a nebula-like object. Since its discovery, NGC 3000 has been observed and studied using various telescopes.

Discovery

Bindon Stoney first described NGC 3000 as a "very faint, small, irregularly round, mottled but not resolved" galaxy. However, its recorded position, precessed to RA 09 49 02.6, Dec +44 08 46, shows no object at that location. Analysis reveals Stoney's recorded positions for objects in this region consistently have a systematic error of approximately 2 arcminutes to the east-northeast. Applying this correction places the coordinates nearly precisely on a pair of stars now identified as NGC 3000.[3]

References

  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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