NGC 3003

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]

NGC 3003
SDSS image of NGC 3003
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Leo Minor
Right ascension	09h 48m 35.580s[1]
Declination	+33° 25′ 17.83″[1]
Redshift	0.004930[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1474 km/s[1]
Distance	63.6 Mly (19.50 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.78[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.25[3]
Characteristics
Type	SBbc[3]
Other designations
UGC 5251, MCG +06-22-013, PGC 28186[1]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 3003: SN 1961F (type II, mag. 13.1) was discovered by Paul Wild on 21 February 1961.^[5][6][7]