NGC 3007

NGC 3007 is an edge-on, magnitude 13.4, lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Sextans,^[3] discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on March 16, 1885.^[4] It is about 115 thousand light years across, and with a recessional velocity of 6,520 kilometers per second, is at a distance of over 300 million light-years from the Sun.^[4]

NGC 3007
legacy surveys image of NGC 3007
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Sextans
Right ascension	09h 47m 45.620s[1]
Declination	−06° 26′ 17.40″[1]
Redshift	0.02175[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	6520 km/s[1]
Distance	330.3 ± 23.2 Mly (101.27 ± 7.11 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.41[2]
Characteristics
Type	S0/a[1]
Other designations
IRAS 09452-0612, MCG -01-25-038, PGC 28150

See also

• List of NGC objects (3001–4000)